Ace producer and Mavin Boss, Don Jazzy, made out time to visit the Governor in his Alausa home to pay condolence.
Fashola was in a joyous mood as he welcomed the legendary producer with smiles despite his loss.
Friday, 9 August 2013
Don Pass Don: Don Jazzy Visits Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola
Ace producer and Mavin Boss, Don Jazzy, made out time to visit the Governor in his Alausa home to pay condolence.
Fashola was in a joyous mood as he welcomed the legendary producer with smiles despite his loss.
B-R-E-A-K-I-N-G News! CIVILIAN JTF Arrest Boko Haram Chief Bomb Maker, Bula Modu.
**It is Allah that brought him back to Maiduguri at this hot moment when things changed against the Boko Haram.
The members of the Borno Vigilance Youths Group, aka, Civilian JTF, have captured Mallam Bula Modu a member of the Islamic terror group, Boko Haram who specialises in coupling and planting of bombs.
Bula Modu was handed over to the Joint Task Force, JTF after he was apprehended the youths.
Hope For Nigeria was informed that Bula Modu ran away to Lagos, as the heat from the Military JTF on Boko Haram members was extremely too much for their leaders to stay around the North East.
The youths that captured Bula Modu told Hope For Nigeria that his last operation was the explosion he planted at the popular One Way, along the Monday Market in Maiduguri which killed some people and destroyed properties.
“He was just back from Lagos where he is now working, carrying his travelling bag which contained some new clothes, shoes and caps for Eid-el fitr Sallah celebration when we caught him."
Bula Modu admitted that he came back home to celebrate Sallah.
“It is Allah that brought Bula Modu back to Maiduguri at this hot moment when things changed against the Boko Haram sect,” a trader Babagana Umara recalled.
C. Ronaldo Hits Back: I Do My Talking On The Pitch
The Portuguese striker, who scored two goals in Real Madrid’s 3-1
victory over Chelsea, says he has refused to let former boss Jose
Mourinho’s comments affect his game
Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo has stressed that events taking place off the pitch do not affect him as he prefers to let his football do the talking for him.
Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo has stressed that events taking place off the pitch do not affect him as he prefers to let his football do the talking for him.
Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho’s jibe earlier this week that the
Portugal star is not ‘the real Ronaldo’ led to controversy ahead of
Wednesday’s International Champions Cup final between both sides, but
the 28-year-old has remained unperturbed by his former boss’ taunts.
Ronaldo already stated on Monday that Mourinho’s comments did not
deserve a reply and remained calm again on Wednesday after helping
Madrid to a 3-1 win over Chelsea with two goals.
“I do my talking on the pitch. Things that happen off of it do not affect me,” the Portugal international told reporters.
“I just aim to help Real Madrid to achieve its objectives and what happens away from there does not hurt me.”
Ronaldo then went on to discuss Madrid’s Champions League ambitions
this season and stressed that they still have plenty to do before they
can think about an historic 10th European crown.
He added: “There is a long way to go, we will try to do our best. We
have a good team and the new players are very good and hopefully the
Decima will come this year.”
Christians And Muslims Must Live Together – Jonathan
Mr. Jonathan made this known while receiving Vice President Namadi Sambo, who led the Muslim community in Abuja to pay him the annual Sallah homage, faulted the United States report that predicted that Nigeria will break up on or before 2015.
Hailing the Muslim ummah for successfully observing the Ramadan fast which he described as ‘tempting period’, the President urged them to continue to pray for peace in Nigeria and all over the world.
President Jonathan, who observed that fasting wasn’t an easy task, revealed that he participated in the 30 days fasting every year in solidarity with Muslims in the country.
“We are not even exploiting our diversity because of the myopic views about situations. Christians and Muslims are brothers and sisters and we must live together, those who are predicting that this country will separate based on our frontlines as at the time of amalgamation, by 2015 they will know that these predictions will not be true.
“Today is a unique day, and I urge our Moslem brothers and sisters that they should continue to pray for peace not just in Nigeria but all over the world. If you watch television these days, more than 60 percent of the time is spent on showing crises all over the world and for the world to move ahead and for Nigeria to move ahead. For us to develop, first and foremost, there must be peace and security. Nobody will come and invest in an environment where you are not sure of the safety of your workers and investment.”
It Would Be Double Jeopardy If PDP Fields Jonathan In 2015, Says APC
The All Progressives Congress (APC) on Wednesday taunted the
Presidency for not reading sarcasm into the statement by its national
chairman – Chief Bisi Akande – that President Goodluck Jonathan is
welcome to join the newly formed party, saying any party that fields the
President as its candidate would be committing what it termed
‘political suicide.’
Akande had on Tuesday after the inauguration of APC’s interim
national leadership said, “We (the APC) don’t even close our door to the
PDP. If Jonathan is tired of the crises in the PDP, he is welcome in
the APC.”
The above statement was viewed by the Presidency as a welcome
development because it portrayed President Jonathan as the best man for
the job.
Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Dr. Reuben
Abati said, “I think it (the APC’s invitation) is a compliment. What
Chief Akande has said in essence is that President Jonathan is the best
man for the job.”
But in a telephone interview with the PUNCH, APC’s Interim National
Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed faulted the Presidency for not
reading the statement credited to Akande before reacting.
According to him, the invitation was not a compliment but an
indictment on the President and his party, the Peoples Democratic Party
(PDP), for not knowing how to run a crisis-free party.
Mohammed said, “When we say the man (Jonathan) should come and join
us, we mean that he should come and see how to run a crisis- free party.
“But unfortunately, his handlers like himself, are unable to read between the lines.
“Fielding President Jonathan will be disastrous and it would amount
to political suicide. The PDP itself also knows that it would be a
double jeopardy if it fields the President in 2015.
“This is because having lost the moral ground to face the electorate
in 2015, the performance of the President since the past years is even
appalling.”
Sen. Enang Drums Up Support For Jonathan’s 2015 Re-Election Bid
The Chairman of the Senate Committee on Rules and Business, Sen. Ita
Enang, on Wednesday said President Goodluck Jonathan is constitutionally
qualified to seek re-election in 2015.
Enang, (PDP-Akwa-Ibom, North East), made the remark in Abuja when he
met with the Akwa Ibom State students in the Nigeria Law School (Abuja
Campus).
According to him, Nigerians should continue to support Jonathan if he decides to go for re-election in 2015.
“Without being biased, God has ordained Goodluck Jonathan to be the President of the country at this time.
“Therefore, we need to give him all the support he desires and deserves until he seeks another term.
“I am praying that if Jonathan seeks a second term, we should all
rise up and support him because it is his right to seek a second term.
“It is provided for in the constitution and when he seeks, we will
encourage the party (PDP) to support him, he will win and then he will
go ahead to win the national election,” he said.
Enang urged the law students to look beyond the traditional aspects
of legal practice and venture into new areas such as legislative
procedures and legislative drafting.
He urged them to keep themselves abreast of the level of performance of the various arms of government.
“Legal practice has gone beyond issues of land and contract.
“There are new frontiers such as legislative procedure and
legislative drafting on the preparation of bills and motions in the
legislature.
“Take special interest in the affairs of this country and don’t concentrate on the existing areas of practice.
“Explore new areas which will make you versatile and relevant,” Enang added.
The leader of the delegation, Mr Alphonsus Okon, commended Enang for
sustaining the annual assistance and encouragement to aspiring lawyers
of Akwa Ibom extraction.
Okon urged the other politicians to emulate Enang’s passion for
service to the people judging by his performance in the National
Assembly.
“We urge other Akwa Ibom lawmakers and politicians to emulate your
(Enang’s) capacity to share with and serve the people from the depth of
your heart.
“We are not happy that others have decided to cage the wealth of the
nation in their private safes without any care for the people they are
representing,” he said. (NAN).
Jonathan Lacks Capacity To Move Nigeria Forward – Northern Leaders
Former Federal Capital Territory Minister, Mohammed Abba Gana on
Monday incurred the wrath of the northern leaders when he advocated that
giving President Goodluck Jonathan another four years would not hurt
the North in any way.
The Secretary General of the Northern Elders’ Forum, Prof Ango
Abdullahi and second Republic lawmaker, Dr. Junaid Mohammed, dismissed
Abba-Gana’s suggestion for a second term for Jonathan as ill-conceived,
pointing out that the President did not deserve it.
The two northern leaders said Jonathan had failed to tackle the
myriad of challenges confronting the nation, thereby showing that he
lacked the capacity to move Nigeria forward.
According to them, another four years for Jonathan would push the
country into the abyss and Nigerians cannot afford to take such a risk.
The leaders pointed out that Abba Gana was not qualified to speak for the north, going by his antecedents.
Abba-Gana, who was flanked by a lawmaker from Taraba State, had
argued that giving Jonathan a second term would enable the North to use
the period to groom a successor to the President.
However, Junaid Mohammed and Ango Abdullahi dismissed Abba-Gana as a
politician who had always fraternised with the wrong political group for
his personal interest and asked him to speak for himself and leave the
North alone.
In separate interviews with Vanguard, Abdullahi and Mohammed insisted
that Abba-Gana did not have the pedigree to serve as an advocate for
the north and should not be taken seriously by Nigerians.
“Even in Borno where Abba-Gana hails from; he has never been part of
the mainstream political arrangement and for that reason, he lacks the
locus standi to speak for Borno and the North,” Abdullahi reasoned.
“Abba-Gana is more of a businessman than a people-oriented leader
from the north. Having failed to advance any reason why the north should
wait for another four years to enable Jonathan to run again, he should
hide his face in shame.
“His advocacy is an insult to the north and a product of compromise,” the former ABU Vice Chancellor said.
Adding his voice to the debate, Mohammed described the former
minister as someone who lacks clout and challenged him to show one thing
that he has achieved in his state of origin to qualify him to speak for
the entire northern Nigeria.
Mohammed said, “Abba-Gana was one of the errand boys when we were in
active politics and should not be taken seriously because he has no
political clout even in Borno State.
“If the former minister insists he should speak for the north, he
should be kind enough to demonstrate his political relevance in Borno,
his home state or shut up forever. He does not really merit any response
from right-thinking northerners,” Mohammed said.
But while cautioning the northern elite on their utterances,
Abba-Gana said if the North had produced between eight and nine heads of
state and presidents, with poverty as a proof and underdevelopment,
then, four years of Jonathan would not kill them.
Abba Gana noted, “Some people in the North want Jonathan to come back
and some don’t want him to return. But allowing Jonathan another four
years will not take away anything from us. We’ve had between eight and
nine heads of government. But what do we have to show for it? Poverty
and underdevelopment!
“So, if their person did not bring development to them, another four years of Jonathan will not cause any havoc.
“The North needs the four years to plan, learn, relate better with
other parts of the country, work harder, talk less and groom a leader
that will unite the nation and tackle the challenges facing the
country."
Anambra: PDP Fixes Primaries For August 24
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has chosen August 24 as date for
its primaries in preparation for the November 16, 2013, governorship
election in Anambra State.
The primaries would take place in Awka, the state capital, according to state chairman of the PDP, Prince Kenneth Emeakayi.
Emeakayi made this known on Thursday while speaking with journalists
at the state party secretariat in Udoka Housing Estate, Awka.
He added that the local government primaries, an exercise that is
expected to produce delegates for the state primaries, would hold on
August 12.
“We are still screening the aspirants, 15 had already bought their
nomination forms and returned while some of them have been cleared to
contest the governorship election.
“Some people are alleging that the party has a consensus candidate
already, but I am telling you right now that there is nothing like that,
everybody must go to the field to face the members,” Emeakayi said.
MASSOB Accuses Delta Police Of Killing Seven Members
Movement for the Actualization of Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB,
yesterday, accused Delta State Police Command of killing seven of its
members in two separate raids allegedly carried out by an anti-riot
policemen and local vigilante operatives in Delta State.
According to MASSOB, the raid, which started at Upper Iweka area of
Onitsha, Anambra State, led to arrest and detention of one Ndubuisi
Nwosu, a MASSOB chieftain now believed to be held in Cell 4 at the
Anambra State Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS, headquarters, Awkuzu.
The group said the raid spread to Delta State where the latest onslaught allegedly took place.
The accusation was contained in statement signed by Mazi Chris Mocha, Media Assistant to Chief Ralph Uwazuruike.
Mocha alleged that after the raid at MASSOB regional office at
Omelugboma in Oshimili local government area of the state, during which
the seven members were shot dead on the spot, a similar operation was
repeated on Wednesday.
He said: “Seven persons were shot dead on the spot, while over 96
others sustained various degrees of injuries arising from bullet
wounds.”
He listed those who died on the spot to include Luke Okonta,
Nathaniel Okosieme, Ephraim Okocha, Okey Innocent, Akaliese Aniemena,
Joseph Oroni and Miss Blessing Uwechue.
Mocha also identified those arrested as Mr. Emeka Okafor, Regional
Administrator of MASSOB for Oshimili North; Francis Onuigbo, Chukwuemeka
Izogo, Ndubuisi Ezeocha, Andrew Nwifuru, Ikechukwu Okpe, Ifeanyi Ugwu,
Samuel Uyo, Chinedu |Ekwunife, Philip Chukwu, Odinaka Nkwuda, Sanuel
Okoha and 91 others.
He said the police team also removed property from the MASSOB office,
including a computer set, Biafran currency (pounds) and a generating
set, before vandalizing 45 plastic chairs in the office and making away
with the sum of N50,000 which would have been used to settle the MASSOB
office rent.
Mocha alleged that after the police team had left the scene, the
local vigilante operatives took their own turn in the looting exercise
as they embarked on a house-to-house search and looting of personal
property belonging to MASSOB members in the area, claiming that they
were acting on the instruction of the police commissioner.
Fashola Should Apologize For ‘Deporting’ Igbo People From Lagos – NGO
In a courtesy visit to Vanguard Regional Office, Abuja, Director-General of the non-governmental organisation, Comrade Preye Dressman, said that the action of the governor was capable of causing ethnic crisis in the country and that if not tackled immediately it could have ripple effects.
“The action of Lagos State Government is capable of attracting ethnic reprisals which in turn may generate into a crisis that might not easily be contained by government.
“If Lagos governor claimed he had written to the Anambra State government, does it justify him to dump the people at the time and place they were dumped?” Dressman asked.
Female Teacher Arrested After Inserting Fork Into Two-and-a half-year-old Girl’s Private Part
Sources say the suspect, identified as Funmi, who is a teacher in an undisclosed nursery and primary school around Ilupeju allegedly inserted a fork into the little girl’s private part.
It was gathered that the little girl’s mother noticed when she took her daughter for a shower after she returned home from school crying. The girl’s mother knew something bad must have happened when her daughter couldn’t bear the slightest touch on her private part, and asked the girl who told her what her teacher had done.
The mother was said to have reported the case to the police, and the school’s management was informed. But all the teachers reportedly denied, saying the child might not know what she was talking about.
According to police sources, the case was, Wednesday, charged to a special court after the medical test conducted on the child showed that her hymen had been broken.
Funmi however maintained her innocence.
Zack Orji Condemns Nollywood Female Stars’ Indecent Dressing
“Most movies shown in recent times are capable of destroying the moral background of children as they have become the most popular movie audience.
“Film production must be properly checkmated before circulation because it is wrong for an actor or actress to expose his or her body to the world in the disguise of acting,” he said.
He said that in spite of ministerial work, he was still active in the industry but could only accept scripts that promote morality.
Suspected Attackers Of NYSC Member In Bayelsa Arrested
The Bayelsa State Police Command have arrested the alleged attackers
of Miss Folakemi Akinbode, a National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, member
serving in the state whose right hand was almost chopped off, Monday
night, at Obunagha in Yenagoa Local Government Area. The two suspects, Ebi Jatto and Weriye Aluwa, it was gathered, were
nabbed 72 hours after the attack through the support of the Obunagha
community youths. They are currently in police custody.
The traditional ruler of the Obunagha community, the Ibolou XI, H.R.H
Godsgive Apoh, confirmed the arrest, saying the prompt arrest of the
suspected attackers was made possible by the emergency meeting of youth
vigilante body set up to investigate and apprehend those involved in the
attack.
The state Police Public Relations Officer, Mr. Alex Akhigbe, also
confirmed the arrest but said they were yet to establish the motive
behind the attack.
The victim, Miss Akinbode was attacked with a machete for reportedly
refusing to hand over unspecified amount of money in her possession
while returning from work that fateful day.
The suspects were arrested at Koroama community about two kilometres
from the scene of crime while attempting to sell the mobile phone of
their victim.
The suspects had confessed to the crime and claimed that the lady
struggled with them in their attempt to snatch her bag, according to a
security source.
The 26-year-old corps member was attacked while returning to the
lodge near the Niger Delta University Teaching Hospital, Okolobori, her
place of primary assignment.
Miss Akinbode, a graduate Nurse of Madonna University was reported to
have been in charge of huge amount of money used by the hospital to pay
blood donors at the blood bank section of the hospital.
A security source said the arrested suspects were present during the payment made to the blood donors by the corps member.
According to the security source, “they claimed that all they wanted
from her was the remaining money she kept in her bag after the payments
in the afternoon. But that when she struggled and identified one of
them, she was attacked with machete.”
Boko Haram’s Doctor Arrested By JTF
A medical doctor who consults for Islamist sect Boko Haram, and at
the same time a consultant with the World Health Organization (WHO) has
been arrested by the Joint Task Force, JTF, in Borno State.
Sources say the arrest of the medical doctor followed a tip-off that
the terrorists had a well organized mobile medical facility with which
wounded insurgents are treated.
International human rights watchdog, Amnesty International, was said
to have sent its officials to investigate the circumstances surrounding
the arrest of the supposedly WHO consultant, laying credence to the
suspected international connection of the medical doctor.
“In fact, what gave him out was his suit case containing
sophisticated medical equipment with which he provided diagnostic
services to the terrorists”, a source said.
“A truck suspected to be carrying insurgents and IEDS as well as
other dangerous weapons was stopped at a check point but it sped off.
Unknown to the truck’s driver and other occupants of the truck, there
was another checkpoint which had been alerted of their coming. When the
truck got to that checkpoint, the security operatives fired at it while
the occupants ran into the bush.
“When the truck was searched, various types of IEDS, AK 47 rifles and
other bomb-making materials were found. Also found was a suit case
containing medical equipment. After some time, when the doctor felt the
Special Forces had left, he came back to retrieve his suit case but was
ambushed and arrested,” a Vanguard source said.
The source said further; “immediately the doctor was arrested,
Amnesty International was calling the military authorities alleging that
an innocent doctor has been arrested by the JTF forces and that he
should be released because of his human rights, though the military
authorities are not moved by their plea”.
In another development, the recent attack at Government Secondary
School, near Potiskum in Yobe State during which 29 students and a
teacher were killed, was the fallout of the arrest of a lawyer with
alleged links with the sect, Vanguard reports.
The Lawyer who stood for the suspected Boko Haram terrorists each
time they were arrested, who was also said to be an ideological/
intellectual contributor to their activities in Yobe State allegedly
said, “So you have arrested me. Let me warn you that this town will know
no peace until I am released”, following his arrest by JTF.
The source said that two days after, the secondary school near Potiskum was attacked and the children (students) slaughtered.
After the massacre of the children, neighbours living in the area
said they heard the terrorists shouting “Allahu Akbar, yes we have taken
revenge for his arrest”.
The Vanguard source said: “The most horrifying aspect of the
students’ killing was that they asked the students, both boys and girls
to pull off their dresses, and any student found with pubic hair on his
or her private parts, was not only shot and killed, they also used axes
or machetes to cut off their legs from their body”.
Both the medical doctor and the lawyer have been held in JTF custody
since their arrests, and they are said to be awaiting prosecution.
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