2015-01-09 14:29
Ogun - Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, has said he can sacrifice
his life in the interest of Nigeria as against any political party, Premium Times reports.
He
said this on Thursday during a visit to his Hilltop residence in
Abeokuta by the presidential candidate of the National Conscience Party,
Dr. Martins Onovo.
He
said since he left office his pre-occupation had been the promotion of
the country’s interest, adding that it would be foolish for anyone to
say Nigeria did not belong to anybody.
Obasanjo recently launched
a public attack on President Goodluck Jonathan, accusing him of
squandering $25billion crude oil savings left behind by his
administration
Read more at Premium Times
Friday, 9 January 2015
Suspected gang leader killed in Lagos
2015-01-09 12:25
Lagos - A suspected gang leader, Waheed Yusuf, has been killed in his house in the Ebute Meta area of Lagos by some unidentified gunmen, Punch reports.
42-year-old Yusuf, known for allegedly coordinating an area gang known as Apapa Road boys was shot dead at about 8.30pm in his house on Fagbayimu Street, Olokodana, Old Apapa Road.
He was said to have been killed for political reasons as the 2015 elections approach.
Relatives of the deceased were said to have fled after the attack on the basis that the gunmen might return for another attack.
Lagos - A suspected gang leader, Waheed Yusuf, has been killed in his house in the Ebute Meta area of Lagos by some unidentified gunmen, Punch reports.
42-year-old Yusuf, known for allegedly coordinating an area gang known as Apapa Road boys was shot dead at about 8.30pm in his house on Fagbayimu Street, Olokodana, Old Apapa Road.
He was said to have been killed for political reasons as the 2015 elections approach.
Relatives of the deceased were said to have fled after the attack on the basis that the gunmen might return for another attack.
Boko Haram rapes and kills
By: Peregrino Brimah
2015-01-09 09:38
“Fear of collateral damage” was the – I must say — rather lame and exhaustively repeated excuse Brigadier General Olajide Laleye, Director, Army Public Relations tried to feed journalists in a press conference on the spate of Boko Haram deadly terror and occupation of most of Borno and the northeast, held in Abuja this Wednesday.
It is the same excuse the Jonathan-led government and army gave when Boko Haram was holed up in Sambisa forest till June this year: the Alex Badeh-led army and Jonathan government claimed that the reason why the Nigerian army failed to go into Sambisa and liberate the 234 abducted Nigerian girls from Chibok was for fear of harming the girls.
Under this unprecedented protection by the Nigerian government, Boko Haram in the months after the abduction, came out of their comfortable positions in Sambisa and occupied 20 out of 27 local governments in Borno massacring thousands of Nigerians and forcefully conscripting thousands of youth.
It was our ENDS organization that exposed to the world the location of the terrorists camping freely under the military’s watch in Sambisa with the abducted girls. The Nigerian government and army chiefs, current and past – accused of terror, General Azubuike Ihejirika – are yet to explain why they never crushed Boko Haram in Sambisa for the 5 years prior to the abduction when the excuse of the girls being their shields was traded. [See our April 25th widely read release: National Security Update: Details Of The Sambisa Camps Holding Our 200 Abducted Daughters; link: http://ends.ng/?p=848]
ENDS, on behalf of the Civilian-JTF in the Northeast and thousands of able and ready hunters had formally pleaded the Jonathan government give us the permission to raid Sambisa forest, liberate our abducted girls and guys, and defeat Boko Haram without fear of being killed by the Nigerian military in such engagement.
The Jonathan-led government refused to respond to our formally sent letter requesting permission to go into Sambisa which the Nigerian army had proven unable or reluctant to. [Refer request sent 26th April, 2014: Request For Executive Authorization to Recruit, Mobilize, Train and Deploy Concerned Volunteers Against the Boko Haram Insurgency; link: http://ends.ng/?p=864]
Boko Haram Occupation Is Worse Than Any Form Of Collateral Damage
Today the crisis has spun out of proportion. Boko Haram according to reports from Nigerians who recently escaped from Bama when the Cameroonian army invaded the Nigerian occupied city, have described that Boko Haram is actively and freely conscripting hundreds of youth and torturing and killing all those who will not fight for them. This is worse than any form of collateral damage possible.
The exterminator Boko Haram now constitutes a nuisance for neighboring Cameroon where they go for food and have invaded over 5 towns. The terrorists are sending the thousands of recruited poor youth from the occupied northeast as sacrificial soldiers on high risk escapades in search for food as they continue their French-Chad sponsored mission to displace and annihilate all life in the northeast.
The longer the Nigerian army cooperates with the terrorists, granting them treasonous cessations of Nigerian army fire to allow them regroup and recoup and protecting them by failing to invade the occupied territories to liberate the people and hinder the grave violations against humanity with the terrorists killing our elderly and recruiting our youth as happens freely in occupied local governments, the more deadly a calamity Boko Haram becomes not only for Nigeria but the entire region and world.
Nigeria's defense chief Alex Badeh has bragged that he liberated his Mubi from the terrorists in just 14 days from the occupation of the towns, north of Adamawa which occurred October ending. Assuming his claims of credit are true and the brave Ibn Fadlallah warriors and man hunters who the government and police insanely clamped down on, are not responsible for that liberation, why then has it been 6 years of Boko Haram operations freely in Borno that Ihejirika and himself have failed to abate as he showed was posisble within just two weeks of the terrorists invading his home state and town?
These are questions Nigerians are asking Alex Badeh and President Jonathan.
2015-01-09 09:38
“Fear of collateral damage” was the – I must say — rather lame and exhaustively repeated excuse Brigadier General Olajide Laleye, Director, Army Public Relations tried to feed journalists in a press conference on the spate of Boko Haram deadly terror and occupation of most of Borno and the northeast, held in Abuja this Wednesday.
It is the same excuse the Jonathan-led government and army gave when Boko Haram was holed up in Sambisa forest till June this year: the Alex Badeh-led army and Jonathan government claimed that the reason why the Nigerian army failed to go into Sambisa and liberate the 234 abducted Nigerian girls from Chibok was for fear of harming the girls.
Under this unprecedented protection by the Nigerian government, Boko Haram in the months after the abduction, came out of their comfortable positions in Sambisa and occupied 20 out of 27 local governments in Borno massacring thousands of Nigerians and forcefully conscripting thousands of youth.
It was our ENDS organization that exposed to the world the location of the terrorists camping freely under the military’s watch in Sambisa with the abducted girls. The Nigerian government and army chiefs, current and past – accused of terror, General Azubuike Ihejirika – are yet to explain why they never crushed Boko Haram in Sambisa for the 5 years prior to the abduction when the excuse of the girls being their shields was traded. [See our April 25th widely read release: National Security Update: Details Of The Sambisa Camps Holding Our 200 Abducted Daughters; link: http://ends.ng/?p=848]
ENDS, on behalf of the Civilian-JTF in the Northeast and thousands of able and ready hunters had formally pleaded the Jonathan government give us the permission to raid Sambisa forest, liberate our abducted girls and guys, and defeat Boko Haram without fear of being killed by the Nigerian military in such engagement.
The Jonathan-led government refused to respond to our formally sent letter requesting permission to go into Sambisa which the Nigerian army had proven unable or reluctant to. [Refer request sent 26th April, 2014: Request For Executive Authorization to Recruit, Mobilize, Train and Deploy Concerned Volunteers Against the Boko Haram Insurgency; link: http://ends.ng/?p=864]
Boko Haram Occupation Is Worse Than Any Form Of Collateral Damage
Today the crisis has spun out of proportion. Boko Haram according to reports from Nigerians who recently escaped from Bama when the Cameroonian army invaded the Nigerian occupied city, have described that Boko Haram is actively and freely conscripting hundreds of youth and torturing and killing all those who will not fight for them. This is worse than any form of collateral damage possible.
The exterminator Boko Haram now constitutes a nuisance for neighboring Cameroon where they go for food and have invaded over 5 towns. The terrorists are sending the thousands of recruited poor youth from the occupied northeast as sacrificial soldiers on high risk escapades in search for food as they continue their French-Chad sponsored mission to displace and annihilate all life in the northeast.
The longer the Nigerian army cooperates with the terrorists, granting them treasonous cessations of Nigerian army fire to allow them regroup and recoup and protecting them by failing to invade the occupied territories to liberate the people and hinder the grave violations against humanity with the terrorists killing our elderly and recruiting our youth as happens freely in occupied local governments, the more deadly a calamity Boko Haram becomes not only for Nigeria but the entire region and world.
Nigeria's defense chief Alex Badeh has bragged that he liberated his Mubi from the terrorists in just 14 days from the occupation of the towns, north of Adamawa which occurred October ending. Assuming his claims of credit are true and the brave Ibn Fadlallah warriors and man hunters who the government and police insanely clamped down on, are not responsible for that liberation, why then has it been 6 years of Boko Haram operations freely in Borno that Ihejirika and himself have failed to abate as he showed was posisble within just two weeks of the terrorists invading his home state and town?
These are questions Nigerians are asking Alex Badeh and President Jonathan.
Oyakhilome's divorce and celibacy in the Catholic priesthood
2015-01-09 18:34
The brewing crisis rocking the household of Pastor Chris and Anita Oyakhilome, the founding pastors of Christ Embassy is no longer news to any watcher of societal trends. There is an air of intending divorce and to all concerned, indicators of a looming calamitous climax seems to be waxing stronger. The media has followed the development with keen eagerness and reported same in pursuance of achieving their marketing interests and not informing the inquisitive public. This premise has been made judging from the biased, one-sided and objectionable news articles which have constantly been churned out for consumption by their vulnerable readers.
Apologists of Chris have argued endlessly in favour of the charismatic man of God, presenting him as the victimized. Anita has been adjudged by them to be the initiator of the imminent separation, out to deliberately tarnish the esteemed image of her partner. On the contrary, Anita's fans have stoutly defended her on the grounds that Chris' alleged infidelity and unresponsiveness must have pushed her to the walls. They posit that her demand for the divorce was the last recourse in a bid to escape the union which had only brought her undeserved pains and regrets.
Also read: 'Cheating' prophet files for divorce
I choose not to identify with any side in this raging argument but to rather raise pertinent questions predicated on the escalating controversy. Has divorce suddenly gained acceptance in religious circles such that even custodians of faith- pastors now entertain it comfortably? What happened to the biblical admonishments which clearly promotes the sacredness of the marriage institution? What does this current trend portend for the growth of Christianity in a world in dire need of evangelism? And finally, will pastoral celibacy currently enshrined in Roman Catholic orthodoxy ever be a consensual solution?
I do not deny a strong inclination towards my beliefs as a Catholic over other contradicting religious dogmas but I can guarantee an open-minded approach towards addressing all issues of concern to the general public. When Rev. Okotie, the musician turned preacher divorced his wife openly, I had reasons to condemn him but chose to wave it as a case of human weakness triumphing over reason. To be sincere, even prior to that incidence, I never held him as a seasoned man of God worthy of commanding respect judging from perceived questionable characters and faulty ministerial background. Oyakhilome is a sharp contrast to Okotie's person and has always been admired by me as a quintessential shepherd of the flock; the reason why I am discussing his personal life.
If this divorce pulls through in defiance of concerted efforts by many towards an amicable resolution, what will happen to the faith of the couple's global audience who look up to them as role models. Do you think divorce would still remain in their perspective as a repugnant course of action which should be non existent among Christ's followers? I seriously think the fabrics of the most revered and oldest institution in life has been weakened by this latest detestable theatrical display by Pastors Chris and Anita.
The world should now take a second look at the long standing law of celibacy in the catholic priesthood with objective eyes in view of reassessing its importance. It is still vital for man to have a soul mate but never has it been a binding command. Paul is a biblical example of someone who never married as a means towards actualizing his destiny of an unperturbed evangelization. No wonder the authority of the Roman catholic church has continued to turn deaf ears to incessant global calls towards jettisoning this age- long, controversial tradition.
If we agree that Christianity has suffered immense defamation in the face of these high profile divorce cases and that such distractions are inimical to the growth of the religion, we can also endorse a call for church leaders to consider the adoption of celibacy as a binding law on all intending shepherds of the fast derailing flock.
The brewing crisis rocking the household of Pastor Chris and Anita Oyakhilome, the founding pastors of Christ Embassy is no longer news to any watcher of societal trends. There is an air of intending divorce and to all concerned, indicators of a looming calamitous climax seems to be waxing stronger. The media has followed the development with keen eagerness and reported same in pursuance of achieving their marketing interests and not informing the inquisitive public. This premise has been made judging from the biased, one-sided and objectionable news articles which have constantly been churned out for consumption by their vulnerable readers.
Apologists of Chris have argued endlessly in favour of the charismatic man of God, presenting him as the victimized. Anita has been adjudged by them to be the initiator of the imminent separation, out to deliberately tarnish the esteemed image of her partner. On the contrary, Anita's fans have stoutly defended her on the grounds that Chris' alleged infidelity and unresponsiveness must have pushed her to the walls. They posit that her demand for the divorce was the last recourse in a bid to escape the union which had only brought her undeserved pains and regrets.
Also read: 'Cheating' prophet files for divorce
I choose not to identify with any side in this raging argument but to rather raise pertinent questions predicated on the escalating controversy. Has divorce suddenly gained acceptance in religious circles such that even custodians of faith- pastors now entertain it comfortably? What happened to the biblical admonishments which clearly promotes the sacredness of the marriage institution? What does this current trend portend for the growth of Christianity in a world in dire need of evangelism? And finally, will pastoral celibacy currently enshrined in Roman Catholic orthodoxy ever be a consensual solution?
I do not deny a strong inclination towards my beliefs as a Catholic over other contradicting religious dogmas but I can guarantee an open-minded approach towards addressing all issues of concern to the general public. When Rev. Okotie, the musician turned preacher divorced his wife openly, I had reasons to condemn him but chose to wave it as a case of human weakness triumphing over reason. To be sincere, even prior to that incidence, I never held him as a seasoned man of God worthy of commanding respect judging from perceived questionable characters and faulty ministerial background. Oyakhilome is a sharp contrast to Okotie's person and has always been admired by me as a quintessential shepherd of the flock; the reason why I am discussing his personal life.
If this divorce pulls through in defiance of concerted efforts by many towards an amicable resolution, what will happen to the faith of the couple's global audience who look up to them as role models. Do you think divorce would still remain in their perspective as a repugnant course of action which should be non existent among Christ's followers? I seriously think the fabrics of the most revered and oldest institution in life has been weakened by this latest detestable theatrical display by Pastors Chris and Anita.
The world should now take a second look at the long standing law of celibacy in the catholic priesthood with objective eyes in view of reassessing its importance. It is still vital for man to have a soul mate but never has it been a binding command. Paul is a biblical example of someone who never married as a means towards actualizing his destiny of an unperturbed evangelization. No wonder the authority of the Roman catholic church has continued to turn deaf ears to incessant global calls towards jettisoning this age- long, controversial tradition.
If we agree that Christianity has suffered immense defamation in the face of these high profile divorce cases and that such distractions are inimical to the growth of the religion, we can also endorse a call for church leaders to consider the adoption of celibacy as a binding law on all intending shepherds of the fast derailing flock.
Munachi denies pregnancy rumours
2015-01-09 13:24
Lagos - Former beauty queen turn rapper, Munachi has denied that she is pregnant for a fellow musician.
The musician debunked the rumour on her Twitter handle.
The rapper said she’s not pregnant and told her fans that it was too early in the new year for spreading untrue stories.
She also thanked her fans for spreading the rumour because it’s good news anyway.
“It's 1am 8 of January 2015 una don already dash me belle make una wait small na make year enter wella lol.Thanks o but I'm bump free” she tweeted.
The musician debunked the rumour on her Twitter handle.
The rapper said she’s not pregnant and told her fans that it was too early in the new year for spreading untrue stories.
She also thanked her fans for spreading the rumour because it’s good news anyway.
“It's 1am 8 of January 2015 una don already dash me belle make una wait small na make year enter wella lol.Thanks o but I'm bump free” she tweeted.
Should Omoni Oboli have another child?
2015-01-09 14:29
Lagos - Actress and movie producer, Omoni Oboli is wondering whether to have another baby.
The actress took to her Instagram page to ask fans if she should have another child.
“My last son Chizi wants a younger sibling, he carries every baby we come across...hmmmm...should I? #babiesaretoocute #maybeweneedagirl...#brooding...#alittleprincess #whatdoyouthink? #wifemotheractressdirector” she tweeted.
The Film maker recently celebrated her 14th wedding anniversary, in the midst of Nollywood divorces.
The mother of three sons attended a private screening of her film Being Mrs Elliot at Aso rock with President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan.
The actress was the writer, director and acted in the film which includes, Majid Michel, AY, Bishop Imeh, Lepacious Bose, Uru Eke, Seun Akindele, Chika Chukwu, and Sylvia Oluchi.
The romantic comedy is about two women who are trapped in a maze of deception, lust, pain, jealousy and intrigues that rearrange their lives in ways that they did not forsee.
The actress took to her Instagram page to ask fans if she should have another child.
“My last son Chizi wants a younger sibling, he carries every baby we come across...hmmmm...should I? #babiesaretoocute #maybeweneedagirl...#brooding...#alittleprincess #whatdoyouthink? #wifemotheractressdirector” she tweeted.
The Film maker recently celebrated her 14th wedding anniversary, in the midst of Nollywood divorces.
The mother of three sons attended a private screening of her film Being Mrs Elliot at Aso rock with President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan.
The actress was the writer, director and acted in the film which includes, Majid Michel, AY, Bishop Imeh, Lepacious Bose, Uru Eke, Seun Akindele, Chika Chukwu, and Sylvia Oluchi.
The romantic comedy is about two women who are trapped in a maze of deception, lust, pain, jealousy and intrigues that rearrange their lives in ways that they did not forsee.
U2 gives D'banj a signed album for the new year
2015-01-09 16:11
Lagos - Music star D'banj got a signed album from Irish rock band U2.
D'banj shared his joy on his Instagram page and said that he was planning on framing it.
The African Ambassador of BeatsbyDre headphones captioned the picture:
“What a Great way to kick start the Year. See what I got from my GodFather in Music .Best Christmas / NewYear gift ever . This one I shall Frame. Thanks to Greatest rock Band ever U2 ( the Hewson Family ) for this Gift . Special thanks to my Daddy Godfather BONO for making me know How special and favored I am. God bless u guys . 2015 is Really Mine... OooSssHhhEee He share the picture on his Instagram page, and captioned it”
Lagos - Music star D'banj got a signed album from Irish rock band U2.
D'banj shared his joy on his Instagram page and said that he was planning on framing it.
The African Ambassador of BeatsbyDre headphones captioned the picture:
“What a Great way to kick start the Year. See what I got from my GodFather in Music .Best Christmas / NewYear gift ever . This one I shall Frame. Thanks to Greatest rock Band ever U2 ( the Hewson Family ) for this Gift . Special thanks to my Daddy Godfather BONO for making me know How special and favored I am. God bless u guys . 2015 is Really Mine... OooSssHhhEee He share the picture on his Instagram page, and captioned it”
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