SPONSORED: WILLFUL DEMOLITION OF MY PROPERTY: A CRY FOR JUSTICE

 WILFUL DEMOLITION OF MY PROPERTY: A CRY FOR JUSTICE

 

J.J. Emejulu

The Governor of Enugu State, Chief Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi is after my life. He wants to take over my large expanse of land known as the Airport Road Layout Phase IV and V. This lands measures over 400 plots. I bought it from Umuenwene Iji, Nike, Enugu, Enugu East local government area in 2008.

Family gives Ogunde grand museum, unveils competition on his songs

Two important things happened in the Ososa, Ogun State, home of legendary dramatist, Chief Hubert Ogunde, on Thursday. First, his family unveiled a competition on the translation of his songs. According to them, there is the need for children, youths and non-Yoruba-speaking people to also savour the beauty and messages of the songs. Hence, it unveiled the contest that will reward the winner with N500,000 while the first and second runners-up will get N200,000 and N100,000, respectively.

Events that shaped 2017

Banky W and fiancee, Adesua Etomi at their wedding engagement. Photos: lailasblog
Tofarati Ige & Olushola Ricketts
Sunday Scoop takes a look at some of the most outstanding events in the entertainment industry in Nigeria
Banky W and Adesua’s wedding
When Oluwabankole Wellington, aka Banky W, proposed to Adesua Etomi, many people thought it was a rehash of the roles they played in the movie, Wedding Party, where they acted husband and wife. But it later turned out to be the beginning of something special in their lives. It is not an understatement to say their wedding was the biggest in the entertainment industry in 2017. The white wedding, which was held in November, at Cape Town in South Africa, was the talk of the town for weeks. They had earlier had the traditional wedding ceremony at Landmark Event Centre, Victoria Island, Lagos.

I’m divinely inspired to write – Ifeoma Eze

Pastor and author, Ifeoma Eze, has described her authorship as a divine assignment from God.
The graduate of Parasitology and Entomology from the Nnamdi Azikwe University, Awka, who is also a senior pastor at Zion Heritage and Miracle Ministry, Lugbe, Abuja,  said, “God has given me a divine mandate to help solve family and marriage issues. Though my first book, Exploring your Heritage in Zion, focuses on the indicated subject, I have written some others based on marriages and family issues. For instance, Succeeding in Marriage after Wedding is aimed at giving solutions to the problems confronting marriages in this part of the world. It contains the principles to adhere to in order to have a blissful marriage.”

Marketers insist petrol can’t sell for N145 per litre

Fuel marketers on Tuesday insisted that they could no longer import Premium Motor Spirit at a control price of N145 per litre.
They also said they were not responsible for the recent scarcity of the product witnessed across the country.
The Chairman of Depot and Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria, Dapo Abiodun, disclosed these to State House correspondents at the end of a meeting stakeholders in the oil industry had with Federal Government’s delegation led by the Chief of Staff to the President, Abba Kyari.

God has asked me to run for Presidency — Bakare

The Serving Overseer of the Latter Rain Assembly, Pastor Tunde Bakare, has said God has told him not to end his political career as he had earlier contemplated.
Specifically, Bakare, who contested as the vice-presidential candidate on the platform of the defunct Congress for Progressive Change in the 2011 presidential election, said God told him to run for the Presidency.
The Lagos-based cleric spoke in the early hours of Monday during the watch night service at the Latter Rain Assembly in the Ogba area of Lagos.
Giving a rundown of the 12 major things he said God had revealed to him would happen in 2018, Bakare explained that God had not told him when the “appointed time” to run for the presidency would be.

Police arrest alleged Badoo cult’s herbalist

                    Suspect Fatai Adebayo alias Alese. Photo: Lagos State Police Command
The Lagos State Police Command on Tuesday said it has arrested alleged herbalist working for the notorious murderous gang, Badoo. His name is given as Fatai Adebayo, alias Alese.
A press release signed and emailed to The Ashiwaju.org  by the Police Public Relations Officer, Lagos State Police Command, SP Chike Oti, stated that the notorious activities of the cult group was prevalent in Ikorodu and Epe axis of the state.

It noted that through their activities, the group had murdered many people by smashing their victims’ heads with mortar and pestle.

Oppose my husband, risk divine wrath, Fayose’s wife warns politicians

Wife of Ekiti State Governor, Mrs, Feyisetan Fayose, has said that those who oppose her husband’s decisions are “obstructing the work of God,” warning that the “consequences will be too much for them.”
Mrs. Fayose said God had revealed to her a long time ago that her husband was going for a position of authority higher than the governorship he currently holds.
According to a statement issued by her Special Assistant (Media), Gbenga Ariyibi, Mrs. Fayose said this in Ado Ekiti during the New Year’s thanksgiving service.
She said though God did not reveal to her the time and the position God has scheduled for her husband, the word of God would manifest at all costs.

Davido’s 30Billion concert trends worldwide

 2017 just keeps getting better for Davido as his concluded 30 Billion concert sets a new record not just in Nigeria but globally. The much-anticipated concert which held at Eko Hotel and Suites, on Wednesday, December 27, is recorded as the biggest music concert of the year as it thrilled fans across Lagos State and beyond, with the hashtag #30BillionConcert trending in two major continents; United Kingdom and United States. Davido and Wizkid Fans were treated to a great show across the world and adulation has continued to pour in for the B.E.T Award winner. This latest feat further cements Davido’s stake as one of Nigeria’s biggest artiste  of 2017. Among the highlights that ensured a worldwide trend of the concert include  Mohits  Records reunion onstage and Wizkid’s performance with Davido. Furthermore, the widely trended concert proves that  Davido  has truly gone international, and his fan base is growing fast in major countries of the world. The  concert

President Buhari Caged By Cabal As Doctors Ask Him To Shelve Work.

By SaharaReporters

SaharaReporters has learned from sources at the Presidency that President Muhammadu Buhari’s doctors have advised him to shelve the idea of returning soon to the daily routine of running Nigeria on account of the gravity of his illness. However, some of Mr. Buhari’s closest associates are goading him to defy the doctors’ recommendation and to take up the reins of power once more in Nigeria.

President Buhari left Nigeria on January 19 on what was supposed to be a 10-day medical leave. He has since twice postponed his return date even as several government officials and his close aides have continued to characterize him as “hale and hearty,” insisting that he was still vacationing and would soon return to Nigeria.

However, our sources, who are well briefed about Mr. Buhari’s health, disclosed that doctors managing the president have been unequivocal in warning that his condition would certainly deteriorate should he return to Nigeria without completing the first stage of his treatment.

According to one of the sources, the Nigerian president’s condition has been downgraded to “full blown illness” even by members of his kitchen cabinet who are now quietly admitting that he is “ill.” However, the ailing president’s closest associates remain averse to disclosing to the Nigerian people the nature of Mr. Buhari’s illness.

Saharareporters learnt that the president’s deteriorating health has got to a point where doctors are taking “extreme measures” to ensure that he eats. Mr. Buhari has progressively lost weight due to his illness and course of treatment, our sources disclosed.

SaharaReporters learned that the pool of aides traveling with President Buhari have extended their hotel booking in London by at least one month starting from February 6th 2017. This means that the earliest Mr. Buhari would make it back to Nigerian soil is in early March.

However, our sources revealed that some members of the president’s inner political circle continue to pressure Mr. Buhari’s doctors in the UK to allow him to return to Abuja, even if for a short time, in order to give the impression that his recovery was on course. We understand that the UK doctors have so far resisted the pressures, stating that it would be professionally irresponsible of them to clear Mr. Buhari at this stage to take up the demands of the Presidency. “I understand that the doctors [in the UK] have made it clear that Mr. President’s flight back to Nigeria could complicate things for him,” one source said.

Another group of Mr. Buhari’s supporters have asked the ailing president to authorize his doctors to address the Nigerian people directly about his health situation. However, members of the president’s inner cabinet have staunchly opposed this disclosure, arguing that, since Mr. Buhari had handed over to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, there was no need to make further revelations since the VP has been vested with all the constitutional powers to run Nigeria.

Some political figures, particularly governors of some northern states, have been spending extending times in London and making efforts daily to meet with the ill president. However, such meetings with Mr. Buhari have also become difficult to arrange since the ailing president’s doctors have cautioned against his meeting and smooching with visiting politicians, citing the significant drain on his already low energy. “The doctors have become very stern in restricting access to him [President Buhari],” said one source. “As a result, so many of the visiting politicians do not even get to see Mr. Buhari before returning to Nigeria empty handed,” he added.

As SaharaReporters earlier revealed, President Buhari’s doctors in the UK have recommended that he would need at least a period of four months away from power to receive the full regimen of treatment for his several health challenges. A source said the president was undergoing therapy related to his prostate, declining to be more specific. A different source disclosed that the treatment had partially affected President Buhari’s voice, at one point making it almost impossible to hear him.

During the week, there were rumors in Abuja that President Buhari would attend the inauguration of President Adams Barrow in the Gambia. But one source at the Presidency dismissed the rumor as “a ruse raised by some members of a cabal who are determined to see that their power is not whittled down.”

Two of our sources disclosed that President Buhari’s health issues were of a chronic nature, adding that it was unlikely that the ailing president would ever be in a position to meet the full demands of his office whenever he returns to the country. “He is going to need regular trips abroad for ongoing treatment,” one stated.

Stakeholders Charge Nigerians to Hold Leaders Accountable

Nigerians have been urged to ensure they hold their public office holders accountable as the panacea to rescue the nation from the current econimic crisis.
They are enjoined to ensure leaders are meant to be accountable to the led, with the Charge of managing the nation's resources with utmost accountability.
This was the resolution collated by our Anambra state correspondent, Bamidele Ajayi on the need to ascertain the state of the nation and identity measures expected of the Leaders to arrest economic recession in Nigeria to rescue her from being collapsed.

APC Remains alternative to South East Political Quest --Dr. Obidigbo

An industrialists Dr. Chike Obidigbo says the nation's political sphere needs to be restructured to attract people of idea to come in and effect change the people are yearning for.
He blamed the past administrations to have plundered the nation's resources which according bro him brought Nigeria into the current economic depression.

Train cuts trailer carrying soldiers into two in Kaduna

A Lagos bound train from Kano collided with a trailer at a railway crossing in Kawo, Kaduna, and cut the trailer into two, the Federal Road Safety Corps said in Kaduna on Wednesday.
The Sector Commander of FRSC in the state, Mr. Francis Udoma, told the News Agency of Nigeria, that the incident occurred at 3 a.m., adding however, that no life was lost.
Udoma explained that the train, carrying Nigerian soldiers and civilians, crashed into the sugarcane-laden trailer, belonging to W.A. Group of Companies.
He said the accident occurred when the driver of the trailer insisted on crossing the rail line even when the train was blaring its horn.

Catholic Arch Bishop Charge Leaders to Rescue Nigeria From Recession

The Catholic bishop of Onitsha Arch Diocese Most Rev. Valeria Okeke has urged Nigerian leaders to map out programmes that would speedily rescue Nigeria from the current economic hardship.
He said,if leaders would reduce their expensive spending in governance and inject more funds into the system, according to him, would cushion the effect of the nation econimic downturn.
Our correspondent Bamidele Ajayi was at the Onitsha Prisons For the Arch Bishop Annual Christmas Visit entourage,  completes the report.

Nigerians Reflect on the need to Extend hand of fellowship to the needy

Boxing Day is a holiday celebrated on the day following Christmas Day in the United Kingdom, Hong Kong and Commonwealth nations. Boxing Day occurs on 26 December.
The Oxford English Dictionary gives the earliest attestations from Britain in the 1830s, defining it as "the first week-day after Christmas-day, observed as a holiday on which post-men, errand-boys, and servants of various kinds expect to receive a Christmas-box"
In some European countries, notably Germany, Poland, Belgium, the Netherlands and the Nordic countries, 26 December is celebrated as a Second Christmas Day.
This custom is linked to an older British tradition: since they would have to wait on their masters on Christmas Day, the servants of the wealthy were allowed the next day to visit their families. The employers would give each servant a box to take home containing gifts, bonuses and sometimes leftover food.

APGA Proffers Solution To Current Econimic Recession

The National Executive Committee of the All Progressive Grand Alliance is charging governments at all tiers to rise to their responsibility to hastily rescue Nigeria out of the current economic recession.
The party's NEC notes with fact that the Anambra state government model should be copied by the other 35 state governors as economic models to promote the purchasing power of Nigerians to work out of the recession.

Manufacturers Call For Improved electricity To Boost Production

Local manufacturers in Anambra on the government to increase the rate of power supply to industrial clusters  that would encourage them being in business.
They lamented the expenses made daily  and man hour lost, using alternative power supply. Which according to them would have been their rate of turn over .
Our Anambra state correspondent Bamidele Ajayi visits a rice mill in Amichi, Nnewi South LGA to ascertain the Progress made with the renewed call by federal government on Diversification of the nation's economy.

FG to spend N1.9bn on sewage, fumigation in 2017

The Federal Government and some its agencies that are not under the first line charge will spend N1.91bn on clearing of sewage and fumigation in the 2017 fiscal year, investigation has shown.

Details of the proposed spending are contained in the 2017 budget, which was submitted to a joint session of the National Assembly by President Muhammadu Buhari on December 14.

ARTHUR EZE PLACES UKPO ON THE MAP AGAIN BY EMPOWERING MEMBERS (Association of People Living with Sickle Cell Disorder) .............AISHA EDWARD

                                                                       By Augustus Bill
Ukpo, may not be or have a Tourist attraction, but the influx of people from across the world into the town every December 24, if recorded may outweigh the number of yearly visits recorded by top tourist sites in the World.

The town, which borders Abba and Abagana towns in Dunukofia LGA of Anambra State may not be blessed by Natural resources, and possibly not have a sweeping land mass or a dense population of inhabitants, but a particular event and various individuals have conspicuously placed the town on the map of achievements.

Dangote loses 32% of wealth in 2016 – Bloomberg index

Africa’s richest man and President of the Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, has lost 32 per cent of his wealth, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires’ Index.

Bloomberg reported on Wednesday that Dangote lost $4.9bn or one-third of his wealth as the combined effect of falling oil prices and the June devaluation of the naira pushed him to No. 112 on the billionaires’ list with $10.4bn. Dangote was the world’s 46th-richest person in June.