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12 Apr 2016
Ikpeazu, Okorocha Condemn Kiling Of 5 Fulani Herdsmen,Blames Miscreants
Two State Governors, Governor Okezie Ikpeazu(Abia State) andGovernor Rochas Okorocha(Imo State), said the five Fulani herdsmen killed in a forest along the border of the two states was an act of kidnapping carried out by miscreants.
The governors Who made this publoic on Monday in Umuahia while briefing newsmen on the outcome of a Joint Security Council meeting of the two states. Ikpeazu said that kidnapping had become a recurring decimal in the area, adding that the meeting was convened to make a bold statement on the security challenges that confronted both states.
“We condemn the killings as it concerns the five Fulani men that were abducted and assassinated in a forest.
“And we are all united in the fact that the particular forest and such other forests will be rid of criminals that use them as hideouts.
“It is our responsibility to protect lives and property of people that reside in Abia, as security agencies of both states have been mandated to cross the borders of both states to hunt down criminals,” Ikpeazu said.
In his remarks, Okorocha also condemned the killing, adding that the culprits would be punished.
“On the issue of the killing of five Fulani men that has caused tension, the culprits have been arrested and will be dealt with under the law as well as made to pay the ultimate price,” Okorocha said.
Mark Angel talks on famous comedy skits and how they affect Emmanuella’s education
Mark Angel Comedy has taken over the airwaves with their hilarious comedy skits,i guess you must have come accross their vidoe online.
In an interview with Uncle Mark, He revealed how he discovered Little Emmanuella, how the comedy is affecting her education and how he abandoned a promising career in medical line for comedy.
Read excerpts below: –
How did you come about your style of comedy?
I hardly can categorize our kind of comedy. All I can say is that we found the need to create African comic materials that families can relate with and enjoy.
I hardly can categorize our kind of comedy. All I can say is that we found the need to create African comic materials that families can relate with and enjoy.
How will you describe your kind of comedy?
Without fear of sounding naive, I really can’t describe our kind of comedy. We just do what would make our friends laugh. It is nothing different from other comedies out there.
Without fear of sounding naive, I really can’t describe our kind of comedy. We just do what would make our friends laugh. It is nothing different from other comedies out there.
Which of your comedy skits brought you to limelight?
I think it was the Landlord skit.
I think it was the Landlord skit.
How did you discover Emmanuella?
Emmanuella is one of the kids in our acting school. We discovered her from the foundation.
Emmanuella is one of the kids in our acting school. We discovered her from the foundation.
Why the choice of the environment you use in your comedy skits unlike in Lagos where they go to wealthy areas to shoot their comedy skits?
The thing is; comedy is comedy, as long as you can relate with it and it makes you laugh, it is comedy. In our case, we come from a low live area and we relate very well with the things that happen there that’s why we create our comedies around those areas. It’s our environment.
The thing is; comedy is comedy, as long as you can relate with it and it makes you laugh, it is comedy. In our case, we come from a low live area and we relate very well with the things that happen there that’s why we create our comedies around those areas. It’s our environment.
How old is Emmanuella? Emanuella is 5.
She will turn 6 in July 2016
She will turn 6 in July 2016
What are her parents and friends reaction to her new found fame?
Her parents are proud of her and love what she is doing.
Her parents are proud of her and love what she is doing.
What class is she in school?
She is in Primary one
She is in Primary one
Hope this is not affecting her academics?
It is. Now she works extra to be ahead of her mates and her academic calendar. Let me use this opportunity to thank her Principal Mrs Femi E. Peace and her team for all the hard work they are doing for this little girl.
It is. Now she works extra to be ahead of her mates and her academic calendar. Let me use this opportunity to thank her Principal Mrs Femi E. Peace and her team for all the hard work they are doing for this little girl.
Emmanuella seems to be getting all the attention; don’t you feel jealous at times that she is taking the shine off you even though you own the comedy skits?
There is no such thing as taking the shine. Our aim is to put her out there, help gain audience in the world mainstream comedy and that’s what we are doing. That’s what we will do for all our comedians by God’s grace.
There is no such thing as taking the shine. Our aim is to put her out there, help gain audience in the world mainstream comedy and that’s what we are doing. That’s what we will do for all our comedians by God’s grace.
Give us an insight into your background in comedy, education etc
I personally don’t have any professional education in comedy. I just love laughing and making my friends laugh too. Talking about academics, I dropped out of medical school some years ago in order to give time to my dream. But as soon as I set course, I will go back to school.
I personally don’t have any professional education in comedy. I just love laughing and making my friends laugh too. Talking about academics, I dropped out of medical school some years ago in order to give time to my dream. But as soon as I set course, I will go back to school.
Who is your role model in the industry and who motivated you?
Basketmouth and Kevin Hart are my biggest role models.
Basketmouth and Kevin Hart are my biggest role models.
What do you have for your fans as truly speaking you have taken over comedy skits?
I want to say thank you for always being there for us, thank you for sharing our videos, thank you for giving us attention. And to all who are working hard to get heard, just keep working and believing, and praying and trusting God… it works. Meanwhile, I really don’t think we have taken over comedy skits. Not yet, we are too far from taking over. There are too many people in Hollywood doing better until we can compare our material with theirs, we are still starting.
I want to say thank you for always being there for us, thank you for sharing our videos, thank you for giving us attention. And to all who are working hard to get heard, just keep working and believing, and praying and trusting God… it works. Meanwhile, I really don’t think we have taken over comedy skits. Not yet, we are too far from taking over. There are too many people in Hollywood doing better until we can compare our material with theirs, we are still starting.
Actress Mercy Johnson is back on set, Flaunts Body
She is in high demand, so Mercy Johnson is back on set to her usual village girl acting thinz…lol! The actress is good in her act, hence she’s getting jobs back to back. Check out more photos…
ECOWAS Court Set To Hear Dasuki’s Case Despite Objections By FG
The court ruled on Monday that it will hear the case, saying the matter dealt with “fundamental” human rights issues.
Dasuki is on trial for fraud in connection with the alleged looting of millions of dollars from arms contracts. He has been detained since December despite being granted bail by the court.
“From the totality of the issues brought before this court, it is clear and there is no ambiguity that the applicant is seeking enforcement of his right to freedom,” said Judge Friday Chijoke Nwoke.
“In our opinion, what Dasuki brought before us as a case is an issue for the enforcement of his fundamental rights to liberty,” Nwoke said.
Former Abia Governor Kalu, Others To Appear In Court May 16 - EFCC
Justice Anwuri Chikere of the Federal High Court, Abuja has fixed May 16 for arraignment of former Abia State governor, Orji Uzoh Kalu, ex-Director of Finance in the State House, Udeh Jones Udeogu, and Kalu’s company, Slok Nigeria Limited on a 112 amended charge brought against them by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
The defendants are accused of diverting the Abia State’s funds estimated at about N5.6billion while Kalu and Udeogu were in office between 1999 and 2007. They had earlier been arraigned on a similar charge before Justice Adamu Bello (now retired from the Federal High Court’s bench), seven years ago.
Kalu, Slok and Udeogu were first arraigned on July 27, 2007 on a 96-count charge. The EFCC, on February 11, 2008 amended the charge, raising it to 112 counts. The defendants challenged the competence of the charge up to the Supreme, losing in every court. They also lost at the Supreme Court which, in a judgment on March 18 this year, dismissed their appeal and ordered them to submit themselves for trial.
“This matter was slated for mention today. On March 18, 2016, the Supreme Court dismissed the appeals by the defendants,” Prosecution lawyer, Oluwaleke Atolagbe said, handing a copy of the Supreme Court judgment to Justice Chikere.
“I will urge my lord to adjourn the case to afford the prosecution some time to take some steps. We will need about two weeks. We seek an adjournment for the defendants to take their plea,” he said.
Khloe Kardashain And Lamar Seperating ?
In one of her emotional outburst online over the weekend, Khloe Kardashian wrote:
”It doesn’t matter how loyal you are to someone. You can’t change someone’s heart and bad habits unless they want to themselves… Don’t lose yourself by trying to fix what’s meant to stay broken.”
Soon after, stories started flying that she’s talking about her man Lamar Odom. But hours later, she came back online to deny that she was referring to Lamar, even though the words she used were strong.
Cynthia Morgan Urges FG To Get Rid Of Fulani Herdsmen In Edo State
Talented dance-hall singer, Cynthia Morgan opened up about how she feels about the rampant killings by Fulani herdsmen in the country.
She has called on the government to get rid of every herdsman in the South before it turns into war.
Her post was in reaction to the killing of a 64 year old man in Edo state by Fulani Herdsmen.
For some reason Morgan felt the need to delete the post from her Instagram page though.
Read the post below: –
‘For what na? what did this man do to deserve this? can we do this in their town or settlement??? letting things just slide until it gets too critical, that’s what’s killing this society.‘Am calling on the Edo-state government to get rid of every f**king herdsmen in Edo-state and in the south sef before it turns to WAR. We don’t need your f**king cattles. haba…cattles for our lives??? I say phuck no. Minister for agriculture please rare us some cattles. We don’t need HERDSMEN.‘PHUCK SAKE…NO FUEL, NO LIGHT, NO WATER…HERDSMEN GO COME STILL DEY KILL PERSON JOIN??? I DON’T UNDERSTAND. AFTER EVERY STRESS AND HUSTLE YOU ARE DESTINED TO FACE JUST FOR BEIGN A NIGERIAN. STILL OUR SAFETY IS 0 PERCENT, GOD WE CALL ON YOU OOO. HELP US.‘Heard they killed hundreds in Benue etc…you cannot just be killing people. We are humans like you, we are not animals, love us like you love yourselves. Is it that hard to love your neighbour as yourself? Can you just behead yourself? Why Evil?‘Growing up, herdsmen let you play with deir cattles and even assure you to touch them that they don’t bite, and then when you frightened. Still them help you chase their cattles away from you with their sticks, can we have all our fun loving memories back on how to love our neighbours as thyself??‘What happened? Now omo my brothers and sisters if you see only cattle sef without the herdman, run for your life o, don’t even argue o. I beg you oo…I repeat run oo..I NEED all my fans and your families intact. Thankyou‘NOTE: IF AN EDO MAN KILLS AN HERDMAN FOR NO JUST REASON. I WILL REACT THIS SAME WAY. I WILL NEVER STAND FOR ANY STUPID TRIBALISM. HUMANS ARE HUMANS. STOP TRIBALISM. CAN WE ALL JUST BE ONE TRIBE??? SO UNA GO REST. GODBLESS’.
FG Imposing More Hardships On Nigeria With VAT Increment - Fayose
“Nigerians are suffering with the little that they have, federal government is planning to take back through VAT increment, this is wickedness! “Under three months, electricity tariff was increased despite epileptic power supply, N50 stamp duty was imposed on bank customers for money received into their accounts via electronic transfer, cash and cheques; petrol is being sold for as high as N400 per litre and now they are talking about increasing VAT to 10 per cent, this is the height of insensitivity to the plight of Nigerians,” he said.
Read the press statement below...
Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose has said that the Federal Government was planning to impose more hardships on Nigerians by increasing Value Added Tax (VAT) from the current five per cent to 10 per cent, describing the move as insensitive to the plight of Nigerians who are suffering from the bad economic policies of the President Mohammadu Buhari led All Progressives Congress (APC) government.
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo had said on Thursday, in Lagos that the current five per cent VAT rate in the country was very low, and went on to add that the Federal Government would increase the taxpayer base this year. Reacting through his Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka, Governor Fayose said any increment in VAT or any other tax being paid by Nigerians at this time will further make life unbearable for the people.
The governor, who lamented the increase in the cost of living of Nigerians, occasioned by the bad economic policies of the Federal Government, said “even recent figures from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) revealed that prices of food have hit a record high and inflation is worsening.
“How can government be considering 100 per cent increment in VAT when businesses are folding up, prices of essential commodities have skyrocketed, millions of Nigerians are losing their jobs and those who are still employed are no longer getting paid regularly? “For even contemplating the increment of VAT at this difficult time shows that the Buhari-led government does not care about the welfare of the citizens and only God will save the poor masses from the hands of this government.”
Governor Fayose said rather than imposing more hardships on Nigerians, President Buhari should seek help from experts on how best to revive the country’s economy, adding that; “As at today, the Buhari-led government is yet to show that it has any clue to the revival of the economy.”
Religious Bill By El-rufai In Kaduna State Is absolutely Wrong’ – Senator Shehu Sani
The Senator representing Kaduna Central, Shehu Sani, on Sunday criticised the religious bill by the Kaduna State government, saying it was “absolutely wrong.”
The bill, according to the state governor, Nasir El-Rufai, is to regulate public preaching in the state and to ensure violent religious sects are not allowed to thrive.
Mr. Sani, who has been at loggerheads with the governor over other programmes, however, said the government had no right to regulate or issue licenses to religious preachers in the state.
The lawmaker spoke shortly after receiving an award of excellence by the youth wing of Ansarul-Deen Society of Nigeria during their 40 years anniversary and fundraising programme.
He said it was painful for him to receive a merit award from the group when majority of Nigerians were suffering.
“It’s painful to receive this merit award when majority of Nigerians are still expecting good governance. Nigerians are facing lots of challenges and we the elected leaders cannot continue to give them excuses.
“They did not elect us to lament, they didn’t elect us to give them excuses. We were elected to give them good governance. I’m not the kind of person that will see black and say it’s white. Whether we are in same party or not I will not see wrong and say it’s right.
“I did that during the military era and I will continue to tell the truth even now. Nigerians spent hours under sun to vote for us and so we must not fail them. We must do what the people want and not what we want as leaders because they voted for us.
“This is why we say the proposed religious bill in Kaduna State is absolutely wrong and we will not accept anybody to licence any preacher because people have the right to practice their religion as enshrined in the constitution.
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“Nobody can violate the constitution because freedom of religion is enshrined in the constitution. We are also calling on the state governor not to over tax the people because they have suffered a lot under the 16 years of PDP,” he said.
The Senator also urged Nigerians to pray for President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration to succeed, saying the president has succeeded in tackling the insurgents in North East.
“President Muhammadu Buhari is really working for Nigeria and for the masses of this country. Therefore, we must continue to pray for him to succeed,” he said.
Mr. Sani later announced the donation of N2 million for the completion for the Ansarul-Deen Youth Centre.
Other people who received the merit award for their contributions to humanity include former Director General Media and Publicity to former Kaduna State Governor, Ahmed Maiyaki; Kaduna NASFAT branch Chairman, Abdulwaheed Adepoju; and NASFAT Kaduna Branch Chief Missionary Officer, Marooph Raji.
NAFSAT like Ansarul-Deen is an Islamic organisation.
11 Apr 2016
Banning Govt Officials From Flying First Class Is Hypocritical —adegboruwa
Human rights lawyer and activist, Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, tells BAYO AKINLOYE that President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration’s decision to bar government officials from flying first class is a smokescreen for its failure to resolve the country’s economic and financial crisis
The Federal Government through the Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun, said it had banned public servants from flying first class when on official trips. Do you see this as cheering news?
That statement of the Minister of Finance (Kemi Adeosun) that public officials are barred from flying first class is hypocritical and only a mere attempt to divert attention from the suffering and agony that have been imposed upon the Nigerian people as a result of the poor and ineffective economic policy of the Maj Gen. Muhammadu Buhari administration. Nigerians are no fools and we know what is going on. The issue of flying first class by government officials is mere tokenism because the people who are living the life of affluence are indeed the politicians. And I believe that if the Minister of Finance were to be serious about cutting cost, she should have encouraged her boss to let charity begin at home. How can a president be maintaining nine presidential jets flying up and down, all over the world as a way of escaping the crisis Nigerians are going through? How can a president who has budgeted over N1 billion for feeding in one year or over N4 billion for his own clinic in Aso Rock have feelings for Nigerians to be able to subsidise petroleum products?
Despite the 20 per cent reduction in travel expenses targeted by the Federal Government, you think the decision makes no sense?
If he reduced flying first class for public servants and increased the agony of Nigerians by subjecting them to trekking to work, by subjecting Nigerians to inflation and perpetual darkness and at the same time increasing the tariff for that darkness, that is wickedness. What we demand from the Minister of Finance is not palliative measures but an unfolding of her economic agenda for this country. She has virtually run this country aground; no economic policy, no economic direction, people do not have access to exchange rate, children are being withdrawn from schools abroad, middle businessmen and manufacturers are closing shop – what is she talking about flying first class? What is our business with that? Will that bring foreign exchange? Will that increase salaries of workers? Will that put an end to fuel scarcity?
I believe that the Finance Minister has not been able to appreciate the enormity of the responsibility imposed on her office. As we speak today, there is no budget as indeed the direction of this government; contractors are not paid; most state governors cannot pay their workers; and the president has gone to China to beg for N2 billion loan for which we do not know the duration and the purpose for which it will be dispensed. This kind of policy of denying government officials the opportunity of flying first class is not worthy of news given the current crisis we are going through in Nigeria.
Would you describe the decision as a misplaced priority?
I believe the Buhari administration has lost direction; he is now looking for populism by embarking on statements that will seem to tie into the minds of Nigerians. The government has discovered that Nigerians are beginning to be tired out by the anti-corruption song or national anthem since May 29 (2015, when Buhari was sworn in as president). Now that the anti-corruption war is not bringing food to the table of the masses, they now want to go back to populist programmes; that will not appease us in this country. I think that the president owes us a responsibility to unfold an economic agenda that will bring food to the table of Nigerians and not to be deceiving us by embarking on populist programmes. How much has the President recovered so far from the Peoples Democratic Party’s regime? How much has been returned and what are the recovered looted funds being used for? The government cannot just keep us in darkness. A Federal High Court made an order that Buhari and Obasanjo should account for the looted funds of (Gen. Sani) Abacha and the looted funds of (ex-President Goodluck) Jonathan and he (Buhari) is refusing to do so.
What is our business with whether public servants are allowed to fly first class or not? We have major economic challenges in this country that affect virtually every part of our society. Inflation has gone up while power generation is less than what the President met when he came into office. It is almost one year since he assumed duty as the leader of this country and he has no agenda. He has denied virtually all the promises he made to Nigerians when he was campaigning. His government has lost credibility and integrity – and the President does not care. He has been flying up and down. Is it because he has access to jets? What is our business with first class?
But reductions in government expenses like this are seen to be good for the country.
What Nigerians want is food on their table. We want electricity and we want an end to fuel scarcity. If we are subsidising the President by paying his feeding allowance which is over N1 billion in one year and subsidising his health care, paying for his medical bill to the tune of more than N4 billion; why can’t he subsidise fuel for Nigerians? And why is the All Progressives Congress-led government being hypocritical? In 2012 when Jonathan wanted to remove fuel subsidy, we occupied Ojota Park every day; (Former Lagos State Governor, Babatunde) Fashola sponsored the protests. He was there to give a speech. Today, it is this same Fashola – these same (Bola) Tinubu people – now saying that Nigerians should bear the brunt of fuel subsidy removal. This is hypocrisy. I think Nigerians should reject this APC regime for fraud. We are tired of this and I think the President should be man enough to resign from office instead of imposing something on our people. Who is interested flying in first class? All we want is food on our table; we want education for our children; we want violence and crimes in our land to reduce. We want people to respect the rule of law and not to be shooting people who are agitating for Biafra. We want respect for all our people, not to be killed by herdsmen calling themselves Boko Haram.
Nigeria is currently at the crossroads and the solution does not lie in populist programmes or denying people flying first class. We are not interested in that. I call on the Nigeria Labour Congress and all activists who protested against Jonathan’s government back then to wake up now and do the same thing against this government and not act as hypocrites. There is no difference between 2012 and now; when we insisted that subsidy should remain back then. We should insist it should remain now.
Are you saying President Muhammadu Buhari is insulting people’s intelligence?
It is beyond insulting people’s intelligence. Buhari as a person was not prepared for the presidency. He has no agenda; he has no programme – he has no blueprint.
But, he had contested for the office of the President on three other occasions before 2015. Does that not suggest a sign of preparedness?
He was just going to campaign every day denouncing Jonathan’s regime without a clue of any solution. Every day now, what we hear is blame; every day he keeps saying the PDP had ruled and ruined Nigeria for 16 years. What is his solution? As a matter of fact, his anti-corruption war is not working because it is selective. The government is taking us for granted. The President told us while he was in the opposition that it was wrong for Jonathan to send soldiers to Ekiti during the state’s governorship election. This same Buhari, under his watch allowed soldiers into Rivers State for the purpose of elections. We are in a regime of hypocrisy. It is clear that the president does not have an agenda for this country. We cannot continue to use anti-corruption crusade to cover up ineffectiveness, ineptitude and cluelessness (of Buhari). It is clear to all of us that the Buhari regime has taken us far back beyond what obtained under Jonathan administration. Violence is ongoing and militancy is back in the Niger Delta with electricity collapsing totally to zero level which has not happened in a long while in this country. Obviously, the Buhari regime has no plan for the progress of this country.
During Jonathan’s administration, ballot snatching was already becoming history; votes of the people already counted then. In all the (alleged) corruption of Jonathan, he brought Prof. (Attahiru) Jega who introduced card readers into the nation’s electoral process. That innovation can be attributed to have contributed to the defeat of Jonathan, the then incumbent President. However, with the emergence of Buhari, the first election conducted under his watch in Kogi State left much to be desired. There, he allowed the votes of a dead man to be inherited by somebody who did not participate in the election. The second election conducted in Bayelsa State was all violence and ballot snatching. The same thing happened to the third election in Rivers State. No election ever conducted under the Buhari administration has been conclusive because of the attempt by the APC to influence the outcome. It is always violence because the ruling party does not respect the will of the people. This government engenders thuggery and chaos. Nigerians should rise up and occupy Abuja; they should occupy Lagos and other places because the country has actually collapsed. We are being fed with lies every day.
Panic as ‘mystery stone’falls from the sky in Taraba
At About 10:45 am on March 12, farmers and hunters in Tse-Agena area of Mbatyula in Takum local government area of Taraba State heard a loud sound from the sky and then an object, suspected to be meteorite stone, landed.
The landing of the white object created panic.
Women and children were asked to vacate the farms immediately while men went to pick the object.
Mr. Shausu Agena, a farmer and an eye witness, said the object landed on a big tree in an empty farm land.
Agena, while speaking to Sunday Vanguard inside his hut in the village, said heavy sound accompanied the falling of the object from the sky.
The clan head of Mbatyula, Zaki Bem Tom, also disclosed that the object landed with a sound that was heard in several communities.
“It was in the morning. People were in their various farms when the object landed within our community. It was very shocking because some of us that witnessed it descending from the sky thought it was the end of the world,” Ben Tom said.
“It took our brave men to go closer to the object so that we will know what it was. Initially when the object landed, it was pure white in color. Human faces were reflecting on the object like mirror. Then it turned pure black.
“We have been living in fear because we don’t know what will follow”.
The village head said the community reported the incident to the state government immediately and the Director of Minerals Resources was sent to Mbatyla.
“Before the official came, we had already removed the stone for safe-keeping and the person who kept the stone was not around when the Director visited.
Therefore, the Director could not see the stone.
“We are calling on government to commission a study of our area following the incident because we may be affected one day by nature”.
When contacted, Taraba State Commissioner for the Environment, Mrs. Rebecca Manasseh, pleaded with the community to release the stone to the state government so that it could study it.
Rebecca, who spoke to Sunday Vanguard on phone, confirmed that the state sent its Director of Mineral Resources to the area after the incident was report to ascertain the nature of the ‘mystery stone’.
She promised that her ministry was ready to investigate the issue as soon as the stone was released to the state government.
