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Nollywood Actress Bukky Wright Marriage Almost Crashed

Popular Nollywood actress, Bukky Wright, is at it again! This time, it's not for an attention-grabbing role in a blockbuster movie, but the real-life drama that played out in the actress' marital home recently.Report revealed that the fair-skinned role-interpreter was almost chased out of her matrimonial home, but for the grace of God. An inside source revealed that the actress' husband,via



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The Kate Henshaw Political Campaign has officially begun

 KATE HENSHAW GOES INTO POLITICS: TO CONTEST FOR HOUSE OF REPS Veteran actress Kate Henshaw has joined politics. She'll be aspiring to contest for the Federal House of Representatives for Calabar Munical/Odukpani Federal Constituency under the PDP. She will run within the PDP to get the ticket. The primaries is in October. If she wins, which is mostly like, she will become Hon. Kate Henshaw. She will be officially unveiled on www.campaign.ng tomorrow July 19th, which is her 43rd birthday
As a mark of update, we earlier hinted you that the ace Nollywood Actress and one of the Naija Got Talent Anchors, Kate Henshaw is set to contest the Federal House of Representative seat in Cross Rivers State.
Information Just reaching us now disclosed that the iconic artiste and a mother of a pretty damsel is marking her forty third birthday today, and as well launching her political ambition formally in her constituence.

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Nollywood Actress Bukky Wright Marriage Almost Crashed

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Popular Nollywood actress, Bukky Wright, is at it again! This time, it's not for an attention-grabbing role in a blockbuster movie, but the real-life drama that played out in the actress' marital home recently.
Report revealed that the fair-skinned role-interpreter was almost chased out of her matrimonial home, but for the grace of God.

I KEPT MY WIFE’S CORPSE IN A ROOM FOR THREE MONTHS HOPING SHE WOULD WAKE UP –EDWIN, CHRISTY ESSIEN IGBOKWE’S HUSBAND

I KEPT MY WIFE’S CORPSE IN A ROOM FOR THREE MONTHS HOPING SHE WOULD WAKE UP –EDWIN, CHRISTY ESSIEN IGBOKWE’S HUSBAND Edwin Igbokwe opens up on his grief and denial following the death of his wife, Christy Essien Igbokwe, three years ago and how he’s been coping with life Thirty five years ago, I married my soul mate and lifetime partner. She was Nigeria’s lady of songs, the late Christy Essien Igbokwe. I was a 26-year-old executive at The Punch while she was a 19-year-old songstress and actress that mesmerised Nigeria’s entertainment and theatre scenes with her young, affable innocence. Through those years, we celebrated togetherness and profound love, a love I felt the first time I blessed my eyes on her; a love that grew stronger each sunrise, until 9a.m, June 30, 2011. With each day’s sunset, our love blossomed, like flowers bloomed in spring. We stayed as one through the challenges of life. There were years of aches and pains, tears of joy and electrifying laughter. We stayed together and survived the rough and tumbles of life. We shared everything until it was time for her to go. She lived half a century. “As I walked down Jebose Boulevard, I tried to accept and appreciate all that life privileged after her eternal transition. It is over three years since Christy died. The denials, the depressions, forward from her death are paths to healing. I missed and mourned her tenderly. Time and support from friends and family were therapies to a second chance at life, living and loving. No one understands the discomfort and trauma of losing a dear family member such as your siblings, your parents or wife, a dearest lifetime partner; (the cherished one you swore before God and the people to love till death do us part), until it happened to them: We are never the same when we lose those that we loved and admired. A part of us leaves with them. Every one of us would come to that place in our lifetime; what matters is how we handled our different circumstances and who would be there to comfort us as we grieved. The mourning season may never end. I can imagine days of guilt, days of tear drops on the pillows and silent wails for losing my dearest wife. The pain is part of passionate memories, of a privileged, shared moment in our lives. These walks with you, Jebose, ignited emotional past pains of losing my late wife and a closure of tragic and traumatic chapters of my life. Christy was special and spectacular. She was a prophet. She revealed when she would die to the children and by extension, to me: she revealed to us that she had only half a century in this ‘wicked world;’ she told me that when death came, it would be middle of the year. She shared with close friends and members of the family, her end time. I always dismissed her because I was not ready to lose her. She told our children that she would live for 50 years and that any single day thereafter, they should be thanking God. She died June 30, 2011 at age 50. During one of our affectionate conversations, she told me she would be sick for three days before her death. She said she would exit without burden to anyone or herself. I didn’t believe, until it happened: four days before her death, she complained of stomach ache. We went to the hospital for scanning and treatment: the hospital placed her on overnight admission and began treatment, but she wanted to go home. Her desire to go home was bolstered by hospital’s electric power interruption. The hospital’s generator was also broken down. She said rather weakly, that she wanted to go home since the hospital had no electricity. I honoured her request. We left the hospital for our home. Halfway into our street, the doctor called and informed me that the generator suddenly activated, surprisingly nothing was wrong with it, we could return to continue treatment; we were almost home, my wife said she didn’t want to go back to the hospital. “The next day, the illness continued at home. She refused to go back to the hospital: the doctor came to the house and placed her on a drip. Even though she was weak, she was active and independent; she refused any assistance; not even a support on the staircase and into the car, as we set out for hospital again, having encouraged her to return to a different hospital for re-examination. I drove her into the waiting arms of doctors who further examined my late wife in a specialist hospital (Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, Ikeja). She was placed on admission. She was seeing things and in her own world, as she lay ill, she was concerned about the staff and other patients in the hospital. She was kept overnight because of the diagnosis. The second night, she requested prayer warriors to begin intense prayers, not for her but for us, the living, and for her peaceful transition. She encouraged nurses in the hospital to pray: she would whisper prayer points and choruses. She muttered some messages to our God-son, George, who was with me in the hospital. We went into frenzy shouting for joy when she mentioned that ‘we were victorious and it was all over.’ By 5.30am June 30, 2011, we witnessed deteriorating changes in her health. I phoned Obi, our first son, and he quickly arrived at the hospital to assist. I dashed out to seek a transfer for her to another (the intensive care) room in the hospital. I left Obi and George with pastors and prayer warriors who arrived to pray with us. Something happened while I was gone. The mood changed when I returned. I smelt sadness from the travelling breeze within. The mood was solemn. I saw the sad faces of hospital staff and my son: I felt strange. Everyone from the doctors tried to find a way to tell me she had died… One of the midwives called me to the side and said I should brace up because my wife died few minutes then. That morning of her death, pastors and other prayer warriors ended morning prayer in her room; she whispered amen, and then slept off. It was exactly 9a.m. I felt dazed, shocked and awed when I was told I lost my ‘everything,’ my companion and the love of my life. Jebose, I caved into denial zone. We immediately moved her body to a room in our home, unknown to many. My late wife warned that her body must not be deposited in the mortuary. I had to respect her wishes. So we decorated a room in our house and laid her down. She was beautiful, peaceful in her sleep. The media and the enlarged burial committee members didn’t know where she was after her death. She lay in that room for almost three months. I was going crazy. I didn’t want to believe she would not wake up. She was smiling peacefully. I couldn’t believe it. I made sure I looked at her every day. I was confused, depressed, dejected and hopeless. The children began to monitor me. I was still in denial, hoping she was asleep… she would wake up. I kept reassuring myself. She never did. “I finally accepted her death when the pallbearers came into that room and placed her in a coffin for the Commendation Service at Arch Bishop Vining Memorial Cathedral, Ikeja on September 9, 2011 and from there later through the Muritala Mohammed Airport, Ikeja to Akanu Ibiam, Enugu airport en route Awka, Anambra State for funeral service and burial the next day. I knew then, that my best friend, my partner, my soul mate, the mother of my beautiful children, was truly gone. “After the burial, I was alone and lonely, I felt guilty for her death. I never expected to bury my wife. I always prayed that when my time was up, she, our children and grandchildren would bury me. I began to question God in these transitional periods: I was near complete depression because life was no longer interesting to me: I was lonely and mourning my wife. I was empty. I told everyone that I would never remarry because no woman could replace my late wife. I was suicidal. After her burial, the pain continued as life began to settle into normalcy, I began to see her in my dreams, encouraging me to live my life. She said she knew if I had the privilege of spending more time with her, I would have corrected certain things in our lives. She said I must move on with my life. Throughout our 32 years, we shared everything: we never separated from the same bedroom. The only time we separated was when we kept her body in a separate room while planning her funeral. Counselling from well-wishers helped me to begin to accept a life without her. “Her appearances in my dreams encouraged me to move on. In one of such appearances, she told me: “I came and I have fulfilled my destiny on earth. I wished I stayed longer but that was my destiny and God’s words must surely come to pass in our lives. I am not coming again. I am happy where I am. It is well with all of you! Please I want to be remembered always in happiness. Stop getting worried any longer because you do most times. You cry often for missing me and wished that I lived so that you make some amends. It is too late now. You should move on. Your focus should be how to live long for our kids. Advise them properly and correct them positively whenever they go wrong, for their own good. Take good care of them and their offsprings as long as you witness and always bless and not curse any of them. (She smiled…..) I never cursed any of them. I only tried to make them look forward to being independent as my last days on earth approached. Because you need to live long for the kids, you can remarry instead of running into some temptations that are building up. Pray hard. God will show you the right person. The person should not be very young. She must be older than our first kid. She must be able to stand in for the sake of the kids but she must not participate directly as one of the owners in any of our already established companies unless with express permission of all the kids. She will obey you. I must be respected. You know other things that would make the relationship to be soothing to me in death and useful to you in life unless if you want to continue to deceive yourself. You must not allow her do anything you know would not be pleasing. You are an intelligent man, I did say this often and I leave you to your conscience (she smiled…) till we meet to part no more. My love to all still existing and I want all to know this.” “If she didn’t appear to me in my dreams, I wouldn’t have remarried. I remarried after three years of her death. Time reversed everything. I didn’t want a situation where I would be bringing different women to our home: After the dreams, I began to consider marriage again. Being alone may not be the problem, the problem is the temptations that loneliness and being alone ferment. That would be very disrespectful to her memory and our children. I remarried, with her blessings. I am no longer mourning but her memories are indelible.” Source: Punch
Edwin Igbokwe opens up on his grief and denial following the death of his wife, Christy Essien Igbokwe, three years ago and how he’s been coping with life

Impeachment Drama: Ameachi, Oshiomole Dares Jonathan

IMPEACHMENT: EDO, RIVERS GOVS DARE JONATHAN The Edo State Governor, Mr. Adams Oshiomhole and his Rivers State counterpart, Mr. Chibuike Amaechi, have said they are not losing sleep over the alleged plot by President Goodluck Jonathan to push for their impeachment. The duo said the Presidency and the Peoples Democratic Party could not impeach them as the case of a former governor of Adamawa State, Alhaji Murtala Nyako. The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, had at a press conference on Wednesday alleged that Jonathan and the PDP were out to remove the governors of Edo, Nasarawa, Osun, Borno and Rivers states. But Oshiomhole, through his Special Adviser on Media and Public Affairs, Mr. Kassim Afegbua, said he was popularly elected by the overwhelming majority of Edo people. He said, “The thought of impeachment does not cross our hearts. First, what would be the rationale? Secondly, the APC has majority in the Assembly. Thirdly, the governor is on ground. Fourthly, he is performing. We are not losing sleep over that because we have capacity for decency when it comes to real issues of political engagement.” He accused the PDP of impunity, which he said was fast eroding democratic principles in the country. He added, “If the PDP is now engaged in a gestapo manner with a gale of impeachment here and there, and with clear-cut abuses, it is the responsibility of the media to expose such dubiety and save our democracy from collapse.” Afegbua said that the APC would not lose elections in Edo State, adding that the governor had performed. In Rivers State, Amaechi and his followers said they were aware of the threat of impeachment in order to force the governor back to the PDP, but added that such threat would not work. Describing the threat to make him return to the PDP as a dull dream and a wild goose chase, the governor, who spoke through his Chief of Staff, Chief Tony Okocha, explained that the formal move by 25 members of the state House of Assembly to the APC on Wednesday had foreclosed any thought of his (Amaechi) removal as the state governor. He said, “It is a wild goose chase because no threat of impeachment from the Presidency will make the governor cave in. Twenty-five PDP Assembly members have all defected formerly to the APC, all in solidarity with the governor. “We are aware of such threats of impeachment, but it is not working. The coffin has been nailed and there is nothing they (Presidency) can do about it,” he added. Amaechi, however, said he would not quit politics as a result of the threat to impeach him or force him to join the PDP, adding that his political future remains in the hands of God and the people of the state. On the recent impeachment of Murtala Nyako as the governor of Adamawa State, Amaechi said though he was worried that his colleague was removed, the scenarios in Adamawa and Rivers states were different. He said, “When the lawmakers were all in the PDP was even when we thought that impeachment would happen. Now, everybody in Rivers State has resolved that Governor Chibuike Amaechi will serve out his eight years. “People are defecting enmasse to APC. So, they need to come and break our ranks here before they can achieve their plan. The threat to impeach Amaechi so that he will return to the PDP will not work; it is wishy-washy, it is a dull dream.” But Chairman of the PDP in Edo State, Chief Dan Orbih, dismissed allegation by the APC national chairman. He stated, “We are looking anxiously towards the next rounds of elections in 2015 and 2016 when we shall teach Adams Oshiomhole a political lesson.” Orbih said that although the PDP was not interested in impeaching Oshiomhole, the APC was under fear because information from the governor’s quarters indicated that he had committed impeachable offences. He said, “I also want to use this opportunity to call on the honourable members of the Edo State House of Assembly that there can be no smoke without fire. “It appears that Oshiomhole has committed impeachable offences, hence, the fear expressed by Oyegun and himself that he could be impeached. “For us as a party, we are not interested in his impeachment. But from the noise coming out of his quarters, it appears the man has been involved in many impeachable offences.” On the allegations of impeachment in APC states raised by the APC national chairman, the PDP chairman said the opposition raised the alarm due to fear of defeat in 2015. He said he did not see any reason non- legislative members would engage themselves in talks bothering on impeachment when the state legislators had the constitutional right to do so. Meanwhile, despite his removal as the Governor of Adamawa State and threats of arrest for treason, Nyako had said that he would not withdraw his controversial memo to the northern governors even on his death-bed. Nyako, who spoke with Saturday PUNCH through his media aide, Ahmad Sajoh, said information at his disposal had now shown that the Presidency and the Peoples Democratic Party were deeply involved in his impeachment. There have been reports that Nyako, who has gone underground since his impeachment on Tuesday, would be arrested for treason over the memo to the northern governors on April 4, 2014. Nyako, in the memo, had accused President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration of genocide against the North. He had accused the administration of organising the killing of citizens and then quickly attributing same to the Boko Haram sect. Nyako had stated, “Cases of mass murders by its bloody minded killers and cut-throats are well known, but it attributes the killings to the so-called Boko-Haram. “The administration has also hired militia from all across, especially North Africa, who have been deceived into accepting to come because they were made to believe that they would be fighting infidels.” He accused Jonathan’s administration of using “mass murderers/cut-throats imbedded in our legitimate and traditional defence and security organisations” to carry out the genocide claims. Nyako said the administration was determined to create strife between Muslims and Christians in the North or between one ethnic group and another. The governor’s aide said Nyako made the allegations based on the information available to him as a retired Admiral in the Nigerian Navy. According to him, before writing the memo, the governor considered all options. Asked whether the governor would withdraw the statement now that he had been impeached, Sajoh said, “That is something that is not possible. We believe that based on the information available to him as a retired Admiral in the Nigerian Navy; having a very sound military background, having been the person that had the privilege of setting up the intelligence unit of the Nigerian Navy and being a person that knows exactly what security issues are concerned, he weighed all the options before making that statement. And I can tell you that even on his death-bed, he stands by that statement.” The governor, however, made a U-turn on the involvement of the President and the Peoples Democratic Party in his impeachment by the state House of Assembly. Nyako, had on July 4 said the President had no hand in the impeachment saga initiated by lawmakers in Adamawa State. Nyako blamed “some senior citizens” of Adamawa based in Abuja for the political imbroglio bedevilling the state. He said, “The Presidency is not planning a plot to remove me from office contrary to speculations. “We know that Adamawa State is full of intellectuals, when issues arise, we use different approaches to address them. That is the cause of the political differences we have, but not much outside interference.” Sajoh, however, said subsequent information available to the governor showed that the PDP and the Presidency were involved in the impeachment. He stated, “Information now available and subsequent actions that were taken by the Presidency and the PDP national headquarters and other persons very close to the President must definitely make anyone change his position with regard to whether the Presidency was involved or not. “But of course, at the time he made the statement, he made it believing that it was an Adamawa internal affair. “With the turn of events and the things that happened at the time of the impeachment till date, one will not say the same thing today.” The governor also said that despite his removal, he had no regrets for decisions he took while in office. Sajoh stated, “The former governor took whatever decision he took believing that the bases upon which such decisions were taken were right. He took rational decisions and as a human being barring the limits of his mortality, he has no regrets whatsoever.” The media aide said the governor’s conscience was clear because the bases on which the decisions were taken were right. “As a retired officer of the Nigerian Armed forces and gentleman and as a credible person, he has no regret dumping the PDP and he has no intention of returning to the party,” Sajoh added. Efforts to get the PDP National Publicity Secretary, Chief Olisah Metuh, to react to the insistence of Nyako on his memo and allegations over impeachment did not succeed as calls to his mobile telephone did not go through neither did he respond to the SMS sent to him. But Metuh, had in a statement on Wednesday, said the PDP did not wish to join issues with the APC. He stated, “Nigerians know that this is part of the orchestrated plot by the APC to discredit and blackmail institutions of government, particularly the legislature, the citadel of democracy and stronghold of the will of the people and ultimately set the stage to destabilise the polity.” Source: Punch
The Edo State Governor, Mr. Adams Oshiomhole and his Rivers State counterpart, Mr. Chibuike Amaechi, have said they are not losing sleep over the alleged plot by President Goodluck Jonathan to push for their impeachment.
The duo said the Presidency and the Peoples Democratic Party could not impeach them as the case of a former governor of Adamawa State, Alhaji Murtala Nyako.

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Nollywood Actress Kate Henshaw Set For Politics

KATE HENSHAW GOES INTO POLITICS: TO CONTEST FOR HOUSE OF REPS Veteran actress Kate Henshaw has joined politics. She'll be aspiring to contest for the Federal House of Representatives for Calabar Munical/Odukpani Federal Constituency under the PDP. She will run within the PDP to get the ticket. The primaries is in October. If she wins, which is mostly like, she will become Hon. Kate Henshaw. She will be officially unveiled on www.campaign.ng tomorrow July 19th, which is her 43rd birthday
Veteran actress Kate Henshaw has joined politics. She'll be aspiring to contest for the Federal House of Representatives for Calabar Munical/Odukpani Federal Constituency under the PDP.
She will run within the PDP to get the ticket. The primaries is in October. If she wins, which is mostly like, she will become Hon. Kate Henshaw.

Zebrudaya Enrols In Open University Programme

ZEBRUDAYA GOES BACK TO SCHOOL Chief Chika Okpalla, alias ‘Zebrudaya’ is one of the foremost Nigerian comedians, who held sway in the 1970’s and 1980’s with his group in the television show, ‘New Masquerade’. Despite modernity to television acting, he has remained active in the entertainment industry as he now acts in home video and engages in television commercials. He is a strong believer that the much watched teledrama ‘New Masquerade’ TV show will bounce back with a great bang. He has remained in the industry in spite of the death of most of those he co-starred with in the old Masquerade programme. Despite the temptation, he has bluntly refused to partake or feature in the current craze of producing ‘Nigerian home videos’. Rather, Chief Chika Okpalla has successfully opened and owns his private studio at Ugbene Enugu, from where he produces commercial advert copies for clients in the struggle for survival and making ends meet. But one secret about the producer cum artist is that he has an unquenchable taste for knowledge. Though he is currently holding a Masters degree in Communication Arts from Enugu State University of Science and Technology, ESUT, he is looking forward to expanding his knowledge in other fields. This came to the fore at last weekend matriculation ceremony of National Open University of Nigeria, NOUN, Enugu study centre on Friday, July 11,2014. Dressed perfectly on the matriculation gown in the midst of over seven hundred students that participated in the event, Chief Chika Okpalla still appeared unique with his ‘Zebrudaya’ language to the amusement of both the lecturers and other matriculating students at Enugu study centre of National Open University of Nigeria, NOUN. Zebrudaya who felt happy that he was being admired by his fellow matriculating students simply told the Friday Magazine that age is not a barrier to education. He said he decided to use the opportunity of his base in Enugu to enrol in the institution, so as to widen his knowledge. He disclosed that he chose to study management sciences as a way of improving on management techniques of his own establishment in the entertainment industry. He expressed optimism that he will be better packaged after the course, stating that the introduction of internet learning by NOUN is an added advantage for himself and other students because they could now revisit the lecture series on the internet.. Culled from Nigerian Pilot
Chief Chika Okpalla, alias ‘Zebrudaya’ is one of the foremost Nigerian comedians, who held sway in the 1970’s and 1980’s with his group in the television show, ‘New Masquerade’. Despite modernity to television acting, he has remained active in the entertainment industry as he now acts in home video and engages in television commercials.

Nasarawa House of Assembly Outline 16 offences Against Governor Al-Makura

Nasarawa State Governor, Tanko Al-Makura
NASARAWA State lawmakers on Thursday proceeded with their moves to remove the state governor, Tanko Al-Makura, by levelling against him 16 charges bordering on alleged official gross misconduct.
The charges by the state House of Assembly include missing local government joint account funds between June 2011 and April 2012; and from January to July, 2013.

President Jonathan Dissapoints Over Botched Meeting With Chibok Girls Parents —APC

JONATHAN EMBARRASSED NIGERIA OVER BOTCHED MEETING WITH CHIBOK PARENTS —APC THE All Progressives Congress (APC), on Thursday, knocked President Goodluck Jonathan, over the botched meeting with parents of kidnapped Chibok girls. It described as an embarassment the fact that it took a 17-year-old girl-child education campaigner, Pakistani Malala Yousafzai, to visit and convince President Jonathan to agree to a meeting with representatives of the parents. The party, in a statement issued in Lagos, on Thursday, by its national publicity secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said “President Jonathan, who has already embarrassed himself and Nigerians by his inexplicable failure to visit Chibok since the girls were abducted over 90 days ago, compounded the embarrassment and insulted Nigerians by waiting for Malala to goad him to meet with the girls’ parents, not even in Chibok, but in Abuja.’’ It added that after the meeting failed because the parents were not properly informed and invited, adding that it was disappointed that the presidency turned around to blame the opposition and the #Bringbackourgirls# group. The party alerted Nigerians that the reason President Jonathan agreed to meet with the parents was so that he could use the meeting as a photo-op, after Malala pushed for it and the president’s US-based image laundering firm acceded to it. “Mr President, your frantic effort to meet with the Chibok parents now is too little too late and no amount of photo-op will change that. If your handlers had been sincere, Mr President, they would have told you that the best venue of the meeting is Chibok, not Abuja, where your people tried, but failed to waylay the parents, who came for a meeting with Malala,” the party added. APC reminded President Jonathan that neither in Nigeria’s culture nor in any other culture were those hit by tragedy invited to be offered solace, adding that the practice was to visit those to be offered solace ‘in situ’. The party reiterated its earlier call on the president to shake off his alleged lethargy and bring the abducted school- girls home safely, instead of playing politics with the lives of over 200 human beings. Source: Tribune
THE All Progressives Congress (APC), on Thursday, knocked President Goodluck Jonathan, over the botched meeting with parents of kidnapped Chibok girls.
It described as an embarassment the fact that it took a 17-year-old girl-child education campaigner, Pakistani Malala Yousafzai, to visit and convince President Jonathan to agree to a meeting with representatives of the parents.

It's Insulting To Describe Northerners As Leeches — ALIYU

IT’S INSULTING TO DESCRIBE NORTHERNERS AS LEECHES — ALIYU Minna — Chairman, Northern States Governors’ Forum, NSGF, and governor of Niger State, Dr Babangida Aliyu, has described as insulting and sad, insinuations by certain members of the National Conference that the north was leecherous. In a statement signed by Aliyu’s Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Israel Ebije, the governor said he was saddened that some members of the National Conference described the north as leeches while debating the issue of resource control. Aliyu spoke Tuesday night while breaking his fast with a group advocating religious harmony, led by Solomon Dalung, in his residence in Minna, saying no section of the country could be separated from one another as they were all inter-dependent. He said: “Only a few days ago, I hosted some members of the National Conference and I was saddened to hear that some members of the conference are calling the Northern states leeches on account of the ongoing debate on resource control. “For someone to call a section of the country leech is a matter that can cause trouble and that does not need religion or level of education to make it go out of control. Oil is not something that anyone owns and it is sad if some people want to change that law now.” He also noted that religion was not really the problem of Nigeria but politically and economically influenced negative comments, attitude and actions. Earlier, the leader of the delegation, Mr Dalung had said they were in Minna to solicit the support of the NSGF through the chairman to key into their vision for peace to reign in the region. He said: “We are not in the wrong place. The Chief Servant is the chairman of NSGF and we are sure that he will help us to convey our message of peace to his colleagues. We have visited the Sultan and now you. We have spoken with the spiritual leader and now we are speaking with the political leader of the north.” He, however, shared Aliyu’s opinion on the problems confronting the country, adding that politicisation of religion had made peace elude the country. Source: Vanguard
Chairman, Northern States Governors’ Forum, NSGF, and governor of Niger State, Dr Babangida Aliyu, has described as insulting and sad, insinuations by certain members of the National Conference that the north was leecherous.

I’m Ready To Defend N6Billion Debt Allegation--Nyako

I’M READY TO DEFEND N6BN DEBT ALLEGATION, SAYS NYAKO Former Adamawa State Governor Murtala Nyako remained defiant yesterday, saying he is ready to defend his integrity. Security agencies and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) are after Nyako, who was impeached in hazy circumstances on Tuesday, but he remains in high spirits, according to an aide. Nyako is accused by Acting Governor Umaru Fintiri of plunging the state into a N6billion debt. He said the loans he took, including the controversial N6billion, were approved by the House of Assembly. Also yesterday, The Nation learnt that former Deputy Governor Bala James Ngillari was under pressure to go to court to seek his reinstatement as acting governor “because he was forced to resign”. Nyako, who spoke through his Director of Press and Public Affairs, Ahmad Sajoh, said he had nothing to hide on his tenure. He said: “Admiral Murtala Nyako is ready to defend himself on any allegation in an open court and under a fair system. “But he said in a system where impunity is the order of the day, he cannot get a fair hearing. How do you expect a goat to get fair hearing in a court presided over by wolves?” On the alleged N6billion debt left behind by Nyako administration, Nyako’s spokesman said: “The Acting Governor has not even settled down; he has not been briefed by those in charge and he is declaring debts of about N6billion. “This shows that the Acting Governor is acting a script. We knew the script was written long ago; they will release sleaze materials to vilify Nyako. That is why they have sent security agents and EFCC operatives after him to cast aspersion on Admiral Nyako. “If Nyako left N6billion debt, all the loans or debts were approved by the House of Assembly, which was presided over by the Acting Governor in his capacity as the Speaker. So, you can see that they are acting a script. “The whole thing borders on what Nyako said about how President Goodluck Jonathan is tackling the insurgency in the country. They were not happy and they decided to remove him from office. But is he not being vindicated now?” Ngillari’s plan to go to court is believed to have the backing of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chief, including some National Assembly members. The plot will lead to Fintiri’s removal. Investigation by our correspondent revealed that some stakeholders were unhappy that Ngilari was forced to resign without following the provision of the 1999 Constitution. A source said: “Ngillari was either forced or frightened to write the resignation letter by members of the House of Assembly. “But they shot themselves in the foot when they asked him to write the resignation letter to the Speaker, instead of the governor. “What happened was that Ngillari, on Tuesday, wrote the governor on his resignation from office. “But in their desperation to remove the former governor, the House of Assembly asked Ngilari to write the Speaker directly because Nyako was in Abuja and it would take time for him to communicate Ngillari’s decision to the Assembly. “Ngilari withdrew the resignation letter he sent to the governor and wrote a fresh one to the Speaker, which was a violation of Section 306(5) of 1999 Constitution.” Sajoh had in a statement said: “We wish to state categorically that Section 306 (5) of the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 as amended requires that the deputy resign not to the House of Assembly but to the Governor. As at the time the supposed resignation was said to have been tendered in the House, Murtala H. Nyako was the governor of Adamawa State. “No such was written to him, none was received by him and none was approved by him. It should, therefore, be known that in the eyes of the law, the deputy governor has not resigned. Barrister Bala James Ngillari is still the Deputy Governor of Adamawa State. “This clarification is necessary to avert another subversion of the constitution, since the order processes relating to the impeachment saga have all been in contravention of the constitution and the law. We wish to observe that the continued abuse of the constitution and the law of the land will spell doom for our democracy.” Source: The Nation
Former Adamawa State Governor Murtala Nyako remained defiant yesterday, saying he is ready to defend his integrity.
Security agencies and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) are after Nyako, who was impeached in hazy circumstances on Tuesday, but he remains in high spirits, according to an aide.

Nigerian Senate Embarks On 8 Weeks Summer Break

SENATE EMBARKS ON 8 WEEKS’ VACATION, RESUMES PLENARY SEPT 16 ABUJA—THE Senate yesterday proceeded on eight weeks’ annual vacation to resume plenary September 16. Senate leader, Senator Victor Ndoma-Egba, had moved a motion for the adjournment for the Senate to embark on its long annual vacation but also noted that committee work would continue to enable committees tidy up their work for consideration at a special plenary slated for next Thursday, July 24. Before the adjournment, the Senate considered and passed the conference committee report on Repeal and Re-Enactment of the Prisons Bill by the Committee on Interior. The red chamber also received the report of its Committees on National Security and Intelligence, Defence and Army, Police Affairs and Interior on fact finding on the recent attacks and killings in Benue, Nasarawa, Plateau, Katsina, Zamfara, and Kaduna states. The Senate also approved the Presidential nomination of three persons, including Aliyu Mohammed, Dahiru Hassan Balami and Stanley Lawson. Aliyu Mohammed was screened and approved for appointment as a member of the Revenue Mobilisation, Allocation and Fiscal Commission. Dahiru Hassan Balami was screened and approved for appointment as a member of the Central Bank of Nigeria Monetary Policy, NMP, while Stanley Lawson was screened and approved for appointment as non-executive member of the CBN Board. The Senate also received the reports of the Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions on sudden withdrawal of a detachment of mobile police and subsequent attack on Kizara village by bandits. It equally received the report of its Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions which considered the alleged collection of N3 billion by members of joint Committee on Establishment investigating pension administration in Nigeria. Source: Vanguard
The Senate yesterday proceeded on eight weeks’ annual vacation to resume plenary September 16.
Senate leader, Senator Victor Ndoma-Egba, had moved a motion for the adjournment for the Senate to embark on its long annual vacation but also noted that committee work would continue to enable committees tidy up their work for consideration at a special plenary slated for next Thursday, July 24.
Before the adjournment, the Senate considered and passed the conference committee report on Repeal and Re-Enactment of the Prisons Bill by the Committee on Interior.

Falana Urges National Assembly To Reject N1 Billion Loan To Fight Boko Haram Sects

REJECT JONATHAN’S $1BN LOAN REQUEST, FALANA TELLS N’ASSEMBLY A National Conference delegate, Mr. Femi Falana, SAN, has asked the National Assembly to reject the request made by President Goodluck Jonathan, asking for the Assembly’s approval for a $1bn loan to aid the war against the Islamic sects, Boko Haram. Falana said the President must explain what he had been doing with the budgets made for defence in the past few years. He said, “The request made by President Jonathan for approval of the Senate for a loan of $1 bn to fight the menace of the Boko Haram sect should be rejected in its entirety. Between 2010 and 2013 over N3tn was budgeted for defence. “Under the Appropriation Bill signed into law on May 23 this year, 20 per cent of the entire federal budget i.e. the sum of N968.127bn out of N4.962tn was earmarked for defence. The Senate should find out what happened to the defence budget in the middle of the year to warrant a supplementary budget of N160bn.” Similarly, another Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Yusuf Alli, said the request by the President had created a state of uncertainty as he had yet to be fully aware of all the parameters for the request. He urged the National Assembly to be sure there was a need for it before approving it. He said, “I am sure they should be sure that there is a need for it before they will approve it. One does not possess all the parameters for asking for the loan, so one is a bit in a quandary. One does not have all the factors that have been considered. “But one wants to believe that the National Assembly will be given all the facts to do the correct thing.” Source: Punch
A National Conference delegate, Mr. Femi Falana, SAN, has asked the National Assembly to reject the request made by President Goodluck Jonathan, asking for the Assembly’s approval for a $1bn loan to aid the war against the Islamic sects, Boko Haram.
Falana said the President must explain what he had been doing with the budgets made for defence in the past few years.

Thursday

Best Way To Keep Your Kidney Clean And Safe From Kidney Failure

Years pass by and our kidneys are filtering the blood by removing salt, poison and any unwanted entering our body. With time, the salt accumulates and this needs to undergo cleaning treatments and how are we going to overcome this?

Court Of Appeal Commence Hearing Of Anambra Gubernatorial Election Case


The legal battle over the conduct of the last governorship election held in Anambra State last November has shifted to the Court of Appeal sitting in Enugu today.
This morning, a five man special panel headed by Justice Mohammed Lawal Garba, a Justice of Court of Appeal  from Port Harcourt Division will hear three appeals filed by the trio of Senator Chris Ngige of All Progressives Congress (APC), Tony Nwoye of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Dr. Chike Obidigbo of All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) all challenging the judgments delivered by the Governorship Election Petition Tribunal headed by Justice Ishaq Bello on the 4th of June 2014.

Would You Subscribe To The Use of iPad As a Substitute For Holy Bible Booklets?


By Ajayi Bamidele
The use of iPad, Android Tablets and iPhone is gradually taking over the conventional use of the known Hole Bible booklets and this move is seriously coursing untold distraction in various churches, where an usher would approach a member to concentrate on the teaching of the pastor, because the member is using iPad or any Android phones, might elucidate wrong teaching.
Ashiwaju.org has taken it as a task to sight people's opinion on the nascent move to deviate from what is known and accepted by many, against the innovative medium of reading the Holy Bible with an electronic device.

Oli Producing Community Threatens To Shut Down Oil Exploration – ALAMIEYEISEGHA

 Former executive governor of Bayelsa State and delegate to the ongoing national conference, Chief Diepreiye Alamieyeisegha on Monday said that the Niger delta communities were planning to shut down oil production in the region to forestall a looming earthquake and other natural disasters.
Alamieyeisegha who spoke on point of information stated that the information he gave was an offshoot of a meeting he had with leaders and elders of the oil producing, weekend.
The former governor who is representing his state said that between the last 58 years and now, a minimum of 1.8 to 2 million barrels of crude oil has been extracted from the Niger delta on daily basis.

BOKO HARAM: FG Seeks $1 Billion Loan To Fight Insurgents

President Goodluck Jonathan Wednesday wrote to the National Assembly seeking for approval of a $1 billion loan to facilitate the federal government's war against terrorism and other security challenges in the country.

Watch The Video That Disturb The Peace Of Palestinian Muslims Peace

By Ajayi Bamidele
Barely Few Months this video entered the youtube page, millions of viewers have subscribed and viewed , where many Arab Palestinian Muslim have taken it as a pride to defend what they said mis-represent the true worship and symbol of Islam to the disadvantage of all Muslim worshipers around the world.

Pro-Amaechi: 25 Legislators Loyal To Governor Amaeachi Defect To APC

25 PRO-AMAECHI LAWMAKERS DEFECT TO APC The 25 members of the Rivers State House of Assembly loyal to Governor Chibuike Amaechi Wednesday formally announced their defection to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Leader of the assembly, Chidi Lloyd, made the declaration at the sitting of the assembly at the Old Government House Executive Council Chambers where the pro-Amaechi lawmakers have been sitting for about five months. Only about 13 of them were present at Wednesday's sitting. He stated that they have ceased to be members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), adding that further correspondence to them should bear the APC. Lloyd said, "The 25 pro-Amaechi lawmakers have asked me to declare our formal defection to All Progressives Congress (APC). Henceforth, 25 of us should be referred to as All Progressives Congress. "We are telling the world today that we are all members of All Progressives Congress. All correspondence to us should describe us as APC members". Responding to the defection, the Speaker, Otelemaba Dan-Amachree requested his colleagues to document their decision. Source: Thisday
 The 25 members of the Rivers State House of Assembly loyal to Governor Chibuike Amaechi Wednesday formally announced their defection to the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Leader of the assembly, Chidi Lloyd, made the declaration at the sitting of the assembly at the Old Government House Executive Council Chambers where the pro-Amaechi lawmakers have been sitting for about five months. Only about 13 of them were present at Wednesda...y's sitting.
He stated that they have ceased to be members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), adding that further correspondence to them should bear the APC.

Wednesday

Nyako Speaks: My Deputy Knows About My Impeacchment

IMPEACHMENT: NYAKO SAYS DEPUTY GOV’S RESIGNATION NULL, VOID The impeached Governor of Adamawa State, Murtala Nyako, on Tuesday dismissed the resignation of his Deputy as a nullity. Nyako said his attention was drawn to what he described as the purported resignation of the Deputy Governor of the State, Mr. Bala James Ngillari, which was supposedly read on the floor of the State House of Assembly, before the governor’s impeachment. According to him, the procedure adopted by Ngilari was alien to the constitution because the process for the resignation of the Deputy Governor was clearly defined. The former governor said this in a statement on his behalf by his Director of Press and Public Affairs, Ahmad Sajoh. He said, “We wish to state categorically that Section 306 (5) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 (as Amended) requires that the Deputy Governor resigns not to the House of Assembly but to the Governor. “As of the time the supposed resignation was said to have been tendered in the House, Murtala H. Nyako was the Governor of Adamawa State. “No such letter was written to him, none was received by him and none was approved by him. It should therefore be known that in the eyes of the Law, the Deputy Governor has not resigned. Barr. Bala James Ngillari is still the Deputy Governor of Adamawa State. “This clarification is necessary to avert another subversion of the Constitution since the other processes relating to the impeachment saga have all been in contravention of the Constitution and the Law.” The statement cautioned that the continued abuse of the constitution and the laws of the land might spell doom for Nigeria’s democracy. Source: Daily Times
The impeached Governor of Adamawa State, Murtala Nyako, on Tuesday dismissed the resignation of his Deputy as a nullity.
Nyako said his attention was drawn to what he described as the purported resignation of the Deputy Governor of the State, Mr. Bala James Ngillari, which was supposedly read on the floor of the State House of Assembly, before the governor’s impeachment.

Boko Haram: Chibok Grils Parents Shun Meeting With Jonathan

CHIBOK GIRLS, PARENTS SHUN MEETING WITH JONATHAN …As President accuses activists of politicising the girls abduction A meeting scheduled between President Goodluck Jonathan and the parents of abducted girls in Chibok, Tuesday, could not hold as the parents shunned the meeting. The meeting was arranged after education activist, Malala Yousofazai met with President Jonathan on Monday and pleaded with the him to meet with the parents of the abducted girls. President Jonathan in a statement delivered by his Senior Special Assistant on Public Affairs, Dr Doyin Okupe accused the #Bringbackourgirl activists of politicising the planned meeting by ferrying the parents out of Abuja before the meeting could hold. The statement reads: “It now appears that our fight to get the girls of Chibok back is not only a fight against a terrorist insurgency, but also against a political opposition. “It is with great regret that I announce the cancellation of the meeting with 12 parents of the abducted Chibock children, as well as five of the brave girls who escaped from the terrorist organization Boko Haram. I scheduled this meeting, which was to be open to the media for coverage by Nigerian and international press; to listen to their stories and to privately brief the parents and the girls on our efforts to rescue the abducted girls. “My priority is not politics. My priority is the return of these girls. “Unfortunately, political forces within the Nigerian chapter of #BringBackOurGirls have decided to take this opportunity to play politics with the situation and the grief of the parents and the girls. They should be ashamed of their actions. “Those who would manipulate the victims of terrorism for their own benefit, are engaging in a similar kind of evil: psychological terrorism. “I want to be clear, this government stands with complete solidarity with the girls and their parents. We are doing everything in our power to bring back our girls. Despite the shameful and disgusting games being played by the Nigerian chapter of Bring Back Our Girls, as a father of girls, I stand ready to meet with the parents of our abducted children and the truly brave girls that have escaped this nightmare through the grace of God.” Source: vanguard
…As President accuses activists of politicising the girls abduction
A meeting scheduled between President Goodluck Jonathan and the parents of abducted girls in Chibok, Tuesday, could not hold as the parents shunned the meeting.

We Do Not Rob Churches And Mosques— Suspects

WE DON’T ROB ON FRIDAYS AND DURING RAMADAN — BANDITS ARRESTED IN IBADAN An unsuspecting womanizer would easily fall into their traps seeing their feminine faces made-up with cosmetics, with weave-on hairdo that dangles on both sides of their broad shoulders. Their coated lips look inviting. No doubt, countless men must have fallen prey to them. Many passersby who thronged the state headquarters of the Police command at Eleiyele, Ibadan to catch a glimpse of these attractive “women” could not hide their disbelief. Though, their chests were flat which should convince doubting Thomases that the suspects were not women, some still insisted on seeing their private parts due to their looks. But, behind these deceptive looks are more than meets the ordinary eye. The hearts of both Omooba Oyewole and Lawal Kabir are fortified with cold steel. They are suspected dare-devil robbers. If they have conscience, it must be made of solid concrete. One of the suspects, Lawal Kabir whose eyelids blink momentarily like a doll in the old Kingsway Store claims to be a devout Muslim and considers only Fridays and the Ramadan period as sacred days in the whole year when he thinks he should not engage in armed robbery. These days, especially Fridays, he said, he would go to the mosque to pray to God to forgive all his criminal tendencies only to continue his devilish acts thereafter. In fact, the suspect said he was arrested on Friday after observing the Jumat prayers. Given their looks, one needed no soothsayer to discern that the suspects had carried out numerous deadly attacks on their victims even though they admitted to have participated in no fewer than four successful robbery operations. According to them, they had made people cry in places like Osun, Sawmill, Iyana-Agbala and other places when they unleashed terror on them. Knowing their days of reckoning had finally come, the eight-man gang confessed some of the crimes they had committed to Crime Alert. Ayodele Olaitan, who wore a mask, one of the tools they use in their nefarious activities shook his head in regret and said: “It was my friends that pushed me into this. I joined the gang sometime ago and I have participated in at least three robbery operations. I am not the owner of the mask you see on me. It belongs to one of us called pastor. He is dead now. I regret all my actions. I didn’t realize we could be caught. But, now the game is up, “ he said as he burst into tears. Like other criminals, Lawal Kabir said he was pushed into the criminal world as a result of an unsuccessful business venture. “I took to robbery when my plumbing work was not booming. Three years after my freedom as an apprentice, I tried all I could to make both ends meet, but things did not work for me. I first stayed in Lagos before I later came to Ibadan where I was introduced to a gang of armed robbers. I have participated in four armed robbery attacks. I went with them to Osun State, Ibadan, Sawmill and Iyana -Agbala. I was arrested on Friday after I finished praying in the mosque. Somebody we call a pastor, also a member of the gang called me without knowing the police had already arrested him. I don’t rob on Fridays and during Ramadan. I used those periods to pray to God to forgive me my sins. I know what I was doing was wrong but it was difficult for me to break away from it.” Another member of the gang, Biola Alaba who wore a weave-on hairdo said they were eight in number and that they were arrested at a drinking joint while preparing to carry out a robbery operation at Bodija area of the city. He denied ever killing any of their victims. “How can I commit two sins at the same time. I cannot rob and kill at the same time. It is unfair to rob someone of his belongings and kill him. We don’t even rape our victims, “ he said. As for Sunday Omooba from Ogbomoso who says he is a member of the Oodua Peoples Congress, OPC, he narrated how he took charge of the armoury for the gang. “I helped them get bullets through one man. I just call the man any time I need bullets for the gang. I don’t rob with them. In fact, I did not know that they were using the bullets to rob. I also supplied that pump action gun to them. I bought the gun for N70,000 from a friend. If I knew that they would use the weapons for robbery, I would not give them.” The Investigating Police Officer in charge of the case alleged that Omooba supplied the pump action gun and killed the owner of the gun so that he could get the gun from him and did not give the money he promised to give him. Other suspects who are car snatchers including those who bought the stolen vehicles from them were also arrested in Kaduna and Kano. Two of the suspects, Dolapo Olayinka and Yusuf Ibrahim, robber and accomplice respectively; gave their own accounts. Olayinka said he only used his commercial motorcycle to convey the robbers who dispossessed people of their items. He recalled how they crossed a woman’s vehicle and took N20,000 from her at gun point. The owners of the stolen vehicles were at the police command to identify their vehicles. All of them pleaded anonymity for fear of being attacked by yet-to-be-identified members of the gang. One of them said his car, a Toyota Camry, was snatched at gunpoint on October 1, last year around 8pm and he reported at the Special Anti robbery squad. He specifically commended the efforts of one SP Sola Aremu, the O/C SARS, Ogbomoso and his boys for going ahead to recover the car. He said: “I am full of thanks to the police. I never thought I could recover my car again. The SARS in Ogbomoso acted promptly. I have never seen police work like that.” The State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Mohammed Indabawa said, “sequel to tip-offs about a criminal hideout at a mechanic village, Iyana Church, Ibadan, a raid was organized and SARS operatives arrested the following suspected armed robbers: Olaitan Ayodele, Abiola Alaba, Oyewole Ogunwole, Adedeji Mustapha, Omooba Oyewole and Adedeji Mustapha. On interrogation, they all confessed to their past and present crimes within and outside Oyo State. They also confessed to have attacked and robbed two police officers. All the people they confessed to have robbed were contacted and they corroborated their confessions. In order to recover some of their loot as well as arms and ammunition, a search was conducted in the house of the leader of the gang, one Ayodele Olaitan along Airport Road, Ibadan and the following exhibits were recovered; one pump action gun, one English cut-to-size double barrel gun, one single-barrel gun, locally made cylinders and many others. Source: Vanguard
An unsuspecting womanizer would easily fall into their traps seeing their feminine faces made-up with cosmetics, with weave-on hairdo that dangles on both sides of their broad shoulders.
Their coated lips look inviting. No doubt, countless men must have fallen prey to them. Many passersby who thronged the state headquarters of the Police command at Eleiyele, Ibadan to catch a glimpse of these attractive “women” could not hide their disbelief.