ONLY AN IBO MAN CAN TAKE NIGERIA OUT OF RECESSION – PRIMATE AYODELE

Nigeria’s present economic woes can only be resolved if an Ibo man is placed at the helm of the country’s economic affairs, Primate Elijah Babatunde Ayodele, the Spiritual head of INRI Spiritual Evangelical Church, revealed in a recent chat with Naij.

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According to him, the present day Nigeria is not being managed by the right set of people and unless they are removed and replaced with the appropriate solutions, there may never be light at the end of the tunnel. 

His words: “The CBN governor, like I said before now, has to be removed because he is not the solution to Nigeria’s economic woes. All the members constituting the country’s economic team have to be removed if this administration wants to show us that they are serious about getting us out of recession.

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An Igbo man should head the economic team and recession will come to an end. Even the minister of Finance should be removed and those who understand what the economic situation is all about should be made to occupy the position.”

NIGERIAN GRANDMA KEPT HER STARVING GRANDCHILD ALIVE BY BREASTFEEDING WHILE RUNNING FROM BOKO HARAM

Aisha Modu’s daughter died a few months ago when her baby was just 40 days old.

Aisha, thought to be in her 50s, faced months of hell after her grandchild’s father was abducted by insurgents, forcing her to flee on foot with the baby in her arms.

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Aisha, who is now at a Save the Children clinic in north-east Nigeria, said: ‘I was sleeping at the time but a neighbor woke me and told me to take what I could and run.

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The bullets were the size of my finger and they were firing them everywhere. I am old so I tried to run with a group of men but we were captured by the insurgents. They slaughtered one of the men in front of me.’ 

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Aisha had no food or money, so did the only thing she could to keep the little girl alive, and breastfed her. No milk was produced straight away as it is decades since Aisha had a child, and the baby’s weight plummeted to about 4lbs (1.9kg).

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Eventually Aisha managed to get to charity staff with her three-month-old and was referred to a clinic where she is being helped by Dr Isaac Bot.

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Dr Bot said: ‘Aisha came in with her granddaughter and was very anxious about where she was. Being from such a remote part of the country she was not familiar with hospitals. 

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She was jittery about the environment and was confused and apprehensive. I asked if she was getting support from anywhere else and she said she had nobody. She broke down and cried when she told us this. It was very emotional.’

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Staff helped her to cope and managed to help her breastfeed the infant. Dr Bot added: ‘The milk was just beginning to flow but it was not sufficient.

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We started a process called Supplementary Suckling Technique where we put a little tube into the baby’s mouth beside the nipple and so when the baby suckles it is rewarded with milk. This suckling also sends a message to Aisha’s brain to stimulate milk production.’

THE WONDER ON WHEELS PRESENTED TO THE WINNER OF MISS IGALA BEAUTY PAGEANT IN KOGI STATE

ENUGU SCHOOL WHERE PUPILS WERE ARRESTED FOR NOT DOING THEIR ASSIGNMENTS, GETS CLOSED 

On Monday, February 20, the Enugu State Government suspended the operations of Early Dew Montessori Academy after viral photos showed that the proprietress of the school got some pupils arrested for failing to do their assignments.

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The school is currently being threatened with permanent closure. Commissioner for Education, Professor Uche Eze, described the development as ‘an embarrassment to the state government and a serious psychological abuse of the concerned children’. 

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Besides the suspension, the school management was also ordered to apologise, in writing, to the state government, parents of the ‘abused’ children, and the entire people of Enugu State. These measures have to be carried out before the suspension could be lifted. Failure to do so, the school will be closed, permanently. 

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The commissioner said the measures would serve as a warning to other private schools in the state who adopt ‘unethical practices’ in the name of corporal punishment. 

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However, the proprietress, Mrs Ify Okonkwo, has revealed that it was a stunt meant to discourage indiscipline, and also instill hardwork and good conduct among pupils in the school. 

Okonkwo said she collaborated with some parents to execute the stunt, adding that she was the one that shared pictures on a Whatsap forum she created for parents of pupils in the school.

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The proprietress said, “In my mind, I thought I was doing it to bring the children up in a way that they will be attached to their studies. No child was manhandled neither did they point a gun at any of the children.

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I was the person that took the pictures and posted them on Whatsapp, with the caption ‘Some children were arrested today for not doing their homework, for not reading their books, for not behaving well, but they promised to change’.

I didn’t mean any harm; I meant well for the kids. If not, I wouldn’t have made it public – it would have been between me and the teachers.” Okonkwo said the parents commended her when she posted pictures on the forum. 

FEMI ADESINA GIVES DETAILS OF HIS CONVERSATION WITH PRES. BUHARI TODAY

NIGERIAN LECTURER SHOWERS ENCOMIUM ON HIS FORMER STUDENT HAWKING CAKE ON THE STREETS OF AKWA IBOM STATE

PHOTOS: GOV. AMOSUN OF OGUN STATE, RESCUES 3 ACCIDENT VICTIMS ALONG THE AKURE-ONDO ROAD, ONDO STATE

I TRAVEL TO DUBLIN TO HAVE SEX WITH MY WIFE. NOBODY CAN PUT MY MARRIAGE ASUNDER – SEXY STEEL

The singer, whose family is based in Dublin, said this in a recent chat with Saturday Beats. When asked how he handles his sexual urges. He said, “If I am moved sexually, all I need to do is travel to Dublin to meet my wife.” 

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On not wearing wedding band, he said: “As a person, I do not believe in wedding bands. We are not perfect but as a married man, there are some things that you should not be caught doing. 

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As an entertainer, wearing a wedding band translates to chasing my female fans away. If they think that someday they might get married to Sexy Steel, that is fine. It is what they think and it would help me enlarge my female fan base. 

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We are not bankers or doctors, we are in the entertainment business and there can be temptations at times but just keep your marriage away from social media and prying eyes. 

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Ladies love married men and if they want to have anything to do with you, they do not care if you are wearing a wedding ring or not. In fact, the wedding ring is an invitation for them. 

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These ladies believe that married men are so caring and they know how to take care of women. They know how to treat women right. I don’t bring my family to the social media or even the entertainment industry. 

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My family do not even live in Nigeria, they are based in Dublin. I am in Nigeria focused on my work. I am a disciplined person and I can never get carried away by any woman. 

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It is never going to happen. I am focused on the entertainment business and it does not mean that I should lose focus or forget the fact that my family is somewhere. Nobody can put my marriage asunder.”

PELE’S SON ORDERED TO SERVE NEARLY 13 YEARS IN PRISON FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING AND MONEY LAUNDERING

The son of Brazil legend Pele has been told that he must serve almost 13 years behind bars. Edinho says that he will turn himself into police after being ordered to fulfill some of his 33-year drug trafficking sentence. 

The former Santos goalkeeper, whose full name is Edson Cholbi do Nascimento, was found guilty of drug trafficking and money laundering in 2005 but has been fighting the charges since.

NIGERIA’S YOUNGEST FEMALE FEDERAL LAWMAKER, HON. IGBINEDION, MEETS HON. YASMINA, THE YOUNGEST FEMALE FEDERAL LAWMAKER FROM IVORY COAST

HERE IS THE FACE OF THE WOMAN ACCUSED OF STONING HER LITTLE STEPDAUGHTER TO DEATH IN BENUE STATE

CHILD OBESITY: SEYILAW REACTS TO THE ALARM RAISED BY KEMI OLUNLOYO THAT HIS CHILD IS OVERWEIGHT

SEYILAW’S DAUGHTER IS OVERWEIGHT AND HER FEEDING SCHEDULE HAS TO BE GUARDED, DR. KEMI OLUNLOYO WARNS

POLICEMAN PICTURED BREAKING LAGOS STATE TRAFFIC LAW 

SLIDE PHOTO TO SEE ALL: PUPILS OF BAWO PRIMARY SCHOOL, DAURA, KATSINA STATE, PRAY FOR PRES. BUHARI’S QUICK RECOVERY AND SAFE RETURN

TTT’S WIFE ENDORSES THE COMMENT OF A LADY WITHDRAWING HER SUPPORT FOR HER HUSBAND

MAN IDENTIFIED AS LAWRENCE, COMMITS SUICIDE AT OKI LANE, MENDE, MARYLAND, LAGOS

LAGOS COURT SENTENCES MAN TO DEATH BY HANGING FOR KILLING HIS WIFE WITH ACID

A Lagos High Court in Ikeja yesterday sentenced a man, Sulaiman Olalekan, to death by hanging for the murder of his wife, Mrs. Chika Egbo, on November 20, 2012 by bathing her with acid. Olalekan had allegedly accused the deceased of going back to prostitution against his advice..

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The condemned man reportedly met his wife at a hotel in the Ijeshatedo area of Lagos State, from where they started a relationship that resulted in marriage. The court heard that after the marriage, the husband bought her a second-hand Volkswagen bus and also paid her school fees at the Enugu College of Education. 

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But the deceased reportedly reneged on her commitment to the relationship by returning to prostitution, which caused Olalekan to procure acid from a battery charger in the Ikotun area of the state. 

He was said to have deceitfully invited her to visit his mother on the said day, an opportunity he used to pour the acid on her. After the victim’s death, the Lagos State government, through the state’s Ministry of Justice, took over the prosecution of the case and filed necessary processes in court.

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The trial judge, Justice Lawal Akapo, in arriving at his judgment, said he believed that the murder of Egbo by Olalekan was premeditated. He, therefore, convicted him for the offence and sentenced him to death accordingly. Olalekan is a graduate of Mechanical Engineering from the University of Ibadan. He had a four year old daughter with the deceased. 

OPRAH WINFREY: ‘I WOULDN’T HAVE BEEN A GOOD MUM. I DON’T REGRET NOT HAVING CHILDREN’.

The 63-year-old, who has been with her partner, Stedman Graham, since 1986, told Good Housekeeping magazine that she never wanted to be a mom because she doesn’t have the patience to parent..

“When people were pressuring me to get married and have children, I knew I was not going to be a person that ever regretted not having them, because I feel like I am a mother to the world’s children,” she said.

“Love knows no boundaries. It doesn’t matter if a child came from your womb or if you found that person at age two, 10 or 20. If the love is real, the caring is pure and it comes from a good space, it works.

For me it was perfect, because I didn’t want babies. I wouldn’t have been a good mom for babies. I don’t have the patience. I have the patience for puppies, but that’s a quick stage! But this is so rewarding.”

.Despite this, Oprah founded a boarding school for girls in 2007, which she is dedicated to providing for.

MY MARRIAGE WAS BASED ON GROSS LIES, DECEIT, SCAM AND MANY MORE DARKNESS. NO ONE KNOWS HOW MANY STDS I TREATED – TONTO DIKEH 

WOMAN GIVES BIRTH INSIDE A COMMERCIAL BUS IN LAGOS

The woman, who reportedly boarded the bus at Ijede, could not alight at the Sabo Bus Stop, Ikorodu, as other passengers did, making the bus driver and his conductor suspicious, reports Vanguardng

An eyewitness said the conductor started yelling at the woman to get down from the bus, but she could not utter a word as she had fallen into labour. It was said that the conductor, seeing that the woman was in labour, raised the alarm. 

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But those around took to their heels, thinking a fight had started between the conductor and miscreants. The eyewitness added that when the shout for help persisted, some LASTMA officials and other sympathisers moved closer, only to discover that the woman was in labour. 

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They rendered necessary assistance and the woman delivered a baby girl few minutes after. Both the woman and her newborn were taken to the Health Centre, Ita-Elewa for medical attention.

WOMAN WHO SOLD HER 2-WEEK-OLD BABY FOR N240K, ARRESTED ALONGSIDE THE FACILITATORS.

According to Zanna Ibrahim, the Commissioner of Police, Delta State Command, Miss Ewere Samuel had given birth to a baby girl and after two weeks, connived with Mrs. Ngozi Okafor Ojei and her husband, Mr. Edwin Ojei, to sell the baby at the cost of N600,000 to one Mrs. Loveth in Abia State.

She was given her own share of N240,000. Trouble started for Ewere who was known to be pregnant but returned from her trip to Aba, without the pregnancy or a baby. And at the same time was spending money recklessly.

A neighbor suspected and reported to the police. It was when Ewere was arrested that she confessed to having a baby but was sold after two weeks to a woman who Mrs. Ngozi Ojei arranged.

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Ewere said it was her own mother, who is currently on the run, who even prompted that the child be sold after delivery. She was the one who handed her to Mrs. Ngozi Ojei to take to Abia State for delivery and upon delivery, sell the child to any interested buyer. 

NO NIGERIAN DIED IN SOUTH AFRICAN XENOPHOBIC ATTACKS – FG

The FG has said no Nigerian died during the recent xenophobic attacks in South Africa. The government on Thursday also urged the South African government to put in place measures to end the incessant attacks on Nigerians in that country. 

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The Minister of State Foreign Affairs, Khadija Abba-Ibrahim, gave the task in Abuja during a second summon to the High Commissioner of South Africa to Nigeria, Lulu Aaron-Mnguni, on the issue.

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Nigerian buildings, properties and places of worship worth millions of dollars were destroyed by South Africans on February 5 and 18. “The FG strongly urges the S.A government to take all necessary measures to protect the lives and foreigners living and working in South Africa.

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Furthermore, the FG urges the S.A government to bring perpetrators of these deplorable acts of violence to justice. The ministry continues to urge Nigerians in South Africa to remain calm and law abiding, and be vigilant at the same time,” she added. 

The minister said no Nigerian lost their lives in the attacks contrary to reports in some media. According to her, the reports that mentioned the killing of Nigerians in the xenophobic attacks are unsubstantiated. 

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“The ministry has not received the report of any death of Nigerian in the latest incidents of attacks against foreigners. The Nigerian High Commission in Pretoria is in constant touch with the Nigerian Union in S.A, the Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) of S.A, as well as the S.A police.

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All these agencies have confirmed that no Nigerian life was lost in the recent incident,” she said. The minister said the government was in touch with S.A authorities to ensure the safety of Nigerians there. The minister therefore appealed to the media not to fuel the crisis further with unconfirmed reports.

I USED MY PLATFORM TO LIE TO MAKE MY EX-HUSBAND, CHURCHILL, THE MAN HE IS TODAY. HE ISN’T GAY, TONTO DIKEH MAKES MORE DAMNING REVELATIONS 

Nigeria students to south Africans: Vacate from Nigeria before 48 hrs


8 hours ultimatum to all South African companies in Nigeria to relocate over the xenophobic attacks on Nigerians in South Africa. The students gave the ultimatum at a peaceful demonstration at some South African companies in Abuja on Thursday. During the march the students carried a banner, which read: ‘’NANS against Xenophobic Attacks on Nigerians.’’ While the students marched, the security men stood and watched to ensure law and order. The President of NANS, Mr Kadiri Aruna, said in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) at DSTV office, a South African company, in Wuse 2, Abuja, that Nigerian students had resolved to condemn the attacks.





 “We are saying that enough is enough as South Africans have openly attacked and bullied Nigerians.’’ Aruna said that the protest would also serve as a warning to other countries trying to underrate Nigerians. He said that after 48 hours, if nothing was done, messages would be sent to students in all university campuses to bring down MTN masts all over the country. Aruna said that DSTV and Shoprite would also be affected as the union had put adequate strategies in place to make the action effective. “All the South African business empires in Nigeria and their collaborators in Nigeria will be affected. Xenophobic Attacks:Nigerians protesting against xenophobic attacks in South Africa at the South African High Commission, in Abuja, Photos: Gbemiga Olamikan.

 “I don’t want to say we will be barbaric but we will not be lawful in our actions, we will do it and face the consequences, enough of this rubbish,’’ he said. Aruna stressed that the poor treatment being meted out to Nigerians was particularly insulting given the role Nigeria played in ending the apartheid regime in South Africa. “Nigeria contributed 80 per cent of the freedom the South Africans are enjoying today because we saved them from the jaws of apartheid. “Who is South Africa to humiliate Nigeria? So they forget things so soon, let them go back to history and records to see how much financial assistance and what the country did to save them,’’ he said. 

The union president said that the situation was inhuman and for this reason all reasonable Nigerians must react. “In science they say you use malaria to cure malaria, now you use madness to cure their madness, and that is why we are advising them to leave Nigerian soil before 48 hours.’’ He said that the Federal Government should not wait till the dying minute before evacuating Nigerians from South Africa. Aruna said it was time for government not to only condemn the attacks but take a firm stand by summoning South Africa’s high commissioner and if possible cut diplomatic ties with that country.

 “Government should take extra-diplomatic measures in dealing with the latest deadly assaults because if nothing drastic is done it will become a regular occurrence. “This is the time to place South Africa where it belongs,’’ he said. He said that the last time the xenophobic attack happened nothing was done, no action was taken and no arrest was made and that was why South Africans repeated the attacks. Aruna said it was so unfortunate that during the attacks the South African Government refused to take up its responsibility of securing Nigerians and their properties. 

“The government of South Africa is criminally quiet and they say silence is consent, and their police are folding their hands while they are killing Nigerians, this is conspiracy, enough is enough,’’ he said. He said the peaceful rally would continue and spread across the country. Over 50 police and, DSS operatives surrounded the DSTV premises and along the street making it impossible for newsmen to contact any DSTV officials for comments.

SOLAR ECLIPSE TO OCCUR IN NIGERIA ON SUNDAY – NASRDA

The National Space Research and Development Agency has said that there would be a partial Solar eclipse across the country on Sunday, Feb, 26, and it will be visible all over the country with different degree of totality

According to Dr Felix Ale, NASRDA’s Head of Media and Corporate Communications, the solar disc will be covered by the moon as seen from the earth and the eclipse will be visible as much as there is clear sky without rain or cloud.

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