Clinton says she can beat Donald Trump in Michigan Debate

We all are aware of the heat going on in the presidential race. Two Democratic presidential contenders Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton sparred in a debate on Sunday over who had the best chance to beat Republican
front-runner Donald Trump, and mocked the level of
discourse in the Republican White House race.
Near the end of a Michigan debate that featured sharp
clashes over trade and the auto industry bailout, as well as a
lengthy discussion of religion, Clinton and Sanders both said
they could not wait to face the brash billionaire in the Nov.
8 election to succeed Democratic President Barack Obama.
"I think Donald Trump's bigotry, his bullying, his bluster, are
not going to wear well on the American people," Clinton
said. "We have to end the divisiveness, we have to unify
the country."
Sanders said he would "love" to run against Trump and
noted many opinion polls showed him faring better against
him than Clinton did. He and Clinton urged voters to
compare the substance of their debate with the Republican
versions, which last week featured name-calling and Trump
defending his penis size.
"We are, if elected president, going to invest a lot of
money in mental health," Sanders said, then cracked a joke.
"And when you watch these Republican debates, you know
why we need to invest in mental health."
Trump frequently says he will beat either Clinton or
Sanders. "I am the one person that she does not want to
run against," he said of Clinton on Saturday.
The debate in Flint, which is suffering a water
contamination and public health crisis, came as Sanders has
struggled to slow Clinton's march to the presidential
nomination. Sanders picked up some good news on Sunday
with a projected win in Maine's caucus.
Clinton, 68, a former secretary of state and first lady, has
spoken on the campaign trail of the need for more love and
kindness, a contrast to Trump's rhetoric about his plans to
deport illegal immigrants and temporarily bar Muslims from
entering the country.
"I don't intend to get into the gutter with whoever they
nominate, but instead to lift our sights," Clinton said in
the debate.
Describing herself as a "praying person," she said it was
hard to imagine living under the pressure of the White
House "without being able to fall back on prayer and on my
faith."
Sanders, asked if he was deliberately keeping his Jewish
faith in the background on the campaign trail, said his
father's family was wiped out in the Holocaust. He
described going shopping with his mother as a boy in
Brooklyn, New York, and seeing people with numbers on
their arms from Nazi concentration camps.
"I am very proud of being Jewish, and that is an essential
part of who I am as a human being," Sanders said.
'DISASTROUS' TRADE POLICIES
Earlier, the two candidates exchanged angry jabs over trade,
with Sanders accusing Clinton of backing "disastrous" trade
policies that moved manufacturing jobs out of cities like
Flint and Detroit and shifted them overseas.
But Clinton said Sanders' opposition to the 2009 auto
bailout, a crucial issue in a state that is home to the U.S.
auto industry, would have cost millions of jobs. The bailout,
which Clinton supported, passed Congress and has been
credited with helping save the U.S. industry.
Sanders, 74 a U.S. senator from Vermont and democratic
socialist, also questioned the sincerity of Clinton's
conversion to opposing the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a
proposed 12-nation Pacific Rim trade deal.
The two contenders cut each other off on several occasions,
a rare occurrence in a race that has been much more polite
than the raucous Republican presidential campaign.
"Excuse me, I'm talking," Sanders said to Clinton when she
tried to interrupt. "If you're going to talk, tell the whole
story," Clinton responded.
Sanders pressed his charge that Clinton was too close to
Wall Street and demanded again that she release the
transcript of paid speeches she has given to Wall Street
firms. Clinton said she would release them when all the
candidates, including Republicans, also release transcripts of similar talks.

Ex-Wife of Mercy Johnson's husband still in shock.

Lovely Okojie, former wife of Odianosen Okojie
(Mercy Johnson’s husband), is yet to recover from
the heartbreak that saw the father of her two children move on with very popular Actress, Mercy
Johnson.
“She is still bitter. She felt betrayed. She is not thinking of another marriage now. She is yet to
recover from the past experience.”
Reports had it that Lovely flared up when asked to talk about her ex-husband over the
weekend in a telephone chat.
“What do you mean? That is my past. Don’t ask me
questions about my past. I don’t want to relate
with my past. In fact, I don’t know what you are talking about, I have no explanation to anybody.
Life is full of ups and downs. I have accepted my fate. The children are doing fine. I thank God for
them. ”Lovely came to public consciousness when she
raised the alarm in 2011 that the man Actress Mercy Johnson was planning to marry was actually
her legal husband.
Lovely dropped the bombshell with pictures of her
marriage to Okojie to back up her claim. However,
that didn’t stop Okojie from getting married to Mercy Johnson.
How do you see this? I think this will make another movie...lol.

President Buhari mourns James Ocholi

In response to the saddened experience which took place on Sunday the Nigerian President;Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday expressed shock and sadness over the death of its Minister of State for Labour, Mr. James Ocholi (SAN), who
together with his wife and son was killed in a car crash on Sunday.
In a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, Buhari described
the minister’s death as untimely, regretting that Nigeria had lost a key component of the change agenda.
“Barrister Ocholi was an accomplished and patriotic
Nigerian, who was keen to accept the call to service at a time his country needed him,” Buhari
said.
He noted that in the few months he had been in office, the late minister of state had already begun
to distinguish himself through his commitment and dedication to his portfolio.
Buhari also condoled with the government and people of Kogi State, whom he described as having
lost a distinguished and irreplaceable son.
He prayed that God would comfort them and grant
them the grace to bear the loss.
“The entire country mourns the loss of this great
man, who has sadly left us when we need him most,” Buhari added.

Nigerian Army Dismisses Five Soldiers.

The Nigerian Army is Determined to rid the force of misconduct and other acts that are at variance with its extant rules, the Nigerian Army has dismissed five soldiers, to serve as lesson  to others.
This is as a new General Court Martial (GCM), has been inaugurated at the Army Headquarters (AHQ) Garrison, Abuja, to try some officers from the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel down, on administrative and other miscellaneous offences.
It was learnt from sources, that the Nigerian Army has resolved to restore discipline and good conduct to the institution, which had contended with cases of mutiny, desertion, Absence Without Official Leave (AWOL), among other offences.

“The Army will not condone acts of indiscipline or misbehaviour of any sort from officers and soldiers.
“In fact, five soldiers have just been dismissed for acts of misbehaviour, and many are undergoing administrative trials, to restore our cherished tradition of discipline and orderly conduct.”

It appears the Nigerian Army has gone to the drawing board.

RULES OF CHANGE PART - 4 (PRAYER FOR CHANGE)

Welcome to our weekly write up on the RULES OF CHANGE series.Today we are looking at PRAYERS  FOR CHANGE. We thank God for your lives and also i would want to acknowledge those who have been commenting  on His faithfulness having been following the other Rules of Change, now there is a factor which we can not neglect which is prayers though most persons don't want to hear it because they believe so much in the natural. Prayers is the stamp to whatever Change you what in your life, it is the hammer you need to drive that nail of of change in your life.Your part in this is easy just to identify the areas you need change desperately looking at 1 Chronicles  4:9 "And Jabez was more honourable than his brethren: and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, Because I bare him with sorrow.  4:10 And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that thou wouldest bless me indeed, and enlarge my coast, and that thine hand might be with me, and that thou wouldest keep me from evil, that it may not grieve me! And God granted him that which he requested."
You will realize that Jabez knew the areas he wanted change desperately and he didn't start complaining or cry over the areas but what did he do? He cried to the One (God)who doesn't Change but takes delight in Changing the stories of people and their lives. So it is not enough to pray to God for change in your life but what aspect of your life do you want Him to change, Please don't think you know, think and ask yourself what do you really want? More so it is not enough to say to God that you don't like your behaviour must you be the one who will always come to God all the time confessing that constant sin;which Satan is happy about because he will constantly use it as a tool to deprive you from accomplishing God's giving purpose in your life.

Until you get to the point of Enough is Enough believe me you won't think of a fervent prayer(James 5:16). So it is pride not to pray because according to John  16:24 "Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full." (Mark 11:24, John 15:16,Matthew 7:7-8). So if He said ask and you keep thinking you have to work harder or you keep meeting your psychologist for your rehabilitation without praying is pride because unknowingly you are ignoring God concerning that Change you need.

I want you to understand that once you start praying you may not see change automatically because there is another factor which is FAITH; It is according to your faith(Luke 8:48) but one thing is sure which He has heard you and changes have started already and before you know it the world will see the new you. Don't give up on that negative addiction, don't give up on that friend, spouse, boss  including yourself you want changed positively because as you keep praying and sowing seeds towards that change, seeds? Yes! You can give to God sacrificially also but make sure you send the seed a message by telling God why you have sown. Never forget it is not over until you win.

Always remember you must be a life finder(in Jesus Christ) to be a life giver(to your world).

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Ben Carson bows out of Presidential race.

Ben Carson has decided to suspend his bid for the presidency, the retired neurosurgeon announced Friday, speaking at the Conservative Political Action Conference in NationalHarbor, Maryland.
"Even though I might be leaving the campaign trail, you know there’s a lot of people who love me, they
just won’t vote for me. But I will still continue to be heavily
involved in trying to save our nation," he said.
The outgoing candidate peppered his speech with implicit warnings to the country about its future, both for fellow candidates and for the media, which intensely
scrutinized claims about his biography throughout the
course of his campaign.
“You don’t need to have much of a developed brain to react, to react in fear," Carson said in urging a more thoughtful, productive national political discourse.
"Animals can do that; lizards do that.”
Ben Carson further appealed to the audience to get active and informed.
“We cannot continue to allow ourselves to be influenced
and molded by the political class and by the media. That
is going to destroy us," he said, remarking that it's "kind
of sad" that the press is the only business protected by
the Constitution "because they were supposed to be the
allies of the people."
Ben Carson made his exit known from the race on Wednesday
following a string of dismal performances in primaries
and caucuses, in his statement that he saw no path
to claim the Republican nomination.
"I do not see a political path forward in light of last
evening’s Super Tuesday primary results," Carson said in
the statement released Wednesday, a day before he skipped the 11th Republican debate in his hometown of Detroit.
The following day, he danced around whether he was
formally leaving the race. “I want people to start thinking about the real issues that are threatening
America right now; those issues are not how big someone’s hands are, or how long someone’s nose is,"
Earlier on Friday, it was announced that Ben Carson will serve as national chairman of My Faith Votes, a group focused on Christian voter turnout.
We wish you all the best.

EFCC arrest Speaker of Ebonyi State house of Assembly.

The nets of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has recently caught the Speaker of the Ebonyi State House of
Assembly, Ogbonnaya Francis Nwaifuru.
Mr. Nwaifuru was picked up at about 11a.m. Friday
at the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu, by
operatives of the commission, after he ignored two
previous invitations by the agency, the EFCC said in a statement.
The EFCC said Mr. Nwaifuru was first invited on October 20, 2015 to appear before the Enugu zonal
office of the commission but did not respond to the invitation. A reminder letter was sent to him
on November 19, 2015, which he also failed to respond to.
The lawmaker who is representing Izzi West state constituency in the Ebonyi State Assembly, allegedly diverted and misappropriated N60 million constituency project fund before his emergence as speaker.
As of press time, the speaker was still being grilled by operatives of the commission.
As speaker, Mr. Nwaifuru has no constitutional immunity against prosecution under the Nigerian
Constitution.
His arrest came two days after operatives of the
EFCC arrested three top officials of Imo State government for allegedly diverting N2 billion bailout fund given to the state by the Federal
Government for payment of salary arrears of the state’s civil servants.
The suspects are: Obi Paschal Chigozie, principal secretary to the Governor of Imo State, Rochas
Okorocha; Uzoho Casmir, director of finance and
Iheoma Kenneth, treasurer.
Their arrest followed an investigation into the alleged diversion of the said money which revealed that the cashier had made cash withdrawal of
N456.532 million between September 3, 2015 and
October 10, 2015 from the Government House
account domiciled in Zenith Bank.
However, it was revealed that the said amount was
given to an aide of the Chief of Staff to the
Governor, following approval and directive by the
principal secretary to the governor.
Lets keep our fingers crossed and up doing wherever we find ourselves because records are kept unknown to us.

Fraudsters have Hacked the Phone of Enugu State Governor.

It was learnt that Unknown persons have hacked the Airtel mobile line of the
Governor of Enugu State, Mr. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi.
The development was uncovered on Wednesday after suspicious messages were received by some unnamed individuals from the telephone number.
It was learnt that the hackers got in touch with the people they intended to defraud.
It was gathered that those contacted by the hackers were
made to believe that it was the governor that got in touch
with them.
The Enugu State Government has, however, raised the alarm
over the matter.
The Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Mr. Uwakwe
Abugu, in a statement, asked members of the public to
ignore any calls or text messages from the said line.
Abugu added that the matter had been reported to security agencies.
The statement read, “The Airtel cell phone number of
Governor Ugwuanyi of Enugu State was hacked by unknown
persons for suspected fraudulent activities.
“This announcement is to, hereby, draw the attention of members of the public, especially those who have been reached or contacted by the suspected fraudsters, and to
urge them to totally disregard any message sent to them through that cell phone number purporting to have emanated from the governor.
“Relevant security agencies have been appropriately contacted to investigate the unfortunate incident and, accordingly, track down the perpetrators of the scam.”
The Police Public Relations Officer, Enugu State Police
Command, are aware are addressing the Issue.

A Corper Serving in Kaduna Dies of Lassa Fever.

Lassa Fever which has been in some parts of Nigeria for sometime has claimed a member of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Dr. Ogboji Kelechi, has died of Lassa fever in Kaduna State.
It was gathered that Dr. Kelechi who was serving at St Louis Hospital in Zonkwa, Zango Kataf local government area of Kaduna State, contacted the disease from one of his patients.
He hailed from Igweledoha Amagu Ikwo local government Area of Ebonyi State.
The Director General of NYSC, Brig Gen JB Olawunmi, in a statement extolled the selfless service of the late medical doctor.
The DG described the deceased as an exceptional corps member who was fully dedicated to his duties and in the process paid the supreme price.

Latest Ranking of The Billionaires- Mark Zuckerberg had the best of Year.

The List of the World's top billionairs seems constant as President of the Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, retained his position as Africa’s richest
person and was listed as the 51st richest person in
the world in the Forbes 2016 World’s Billionaires
list released on Tuesday.
Dangote’s net worth, according to the magazine,
has risen to $15.4bn from $14.7bn in 2015. He was
ranked 67th in the 2015 list.
The 2016 list, which contains 1,810 billionaires in
dollar terms, also has four other Nigerians apart
from Dangote.
These are the Chairman of Globacom, Dr. Mike
Adenuga; Chairman of Forte Oil, Mr. Femi Otedola;
Founder and Executive Chairman, Famfa Oil
Limited, Mrs. Folorunsho Alakija; and Chairman/
Chief Executive Officer, BUA Group, Abdulsamad
Rabiu.
Adenuga, whose net worth was put at $10bn, was
ranked 103rd on the global list; while Otedola, with
a net worth of $1.8bn, was ranked 1,011th.
Alakija, estimated to be worth $1.6bn, came in
the 1,121st position, while Rabiu was ranked the
1,577th billionaire in the world, with a net worth
of $1.1bn.
The five were on the Forbes 2015 World’s
Billionaire list.
However, Dangote, Adenuga, Otedola and Rabiu
moved up on the 2016 list, while Alakija dropped
down.
Dangote, Adenuga, Otedola and Rabiu emerged
51st, 103rd, 1,011th and 1,577th in this year’s list,
from 67th, 393rd; 1,741st and 1,741st, respectively
in 2015.
Alakija, who was ranked 949th last year, was listed
in the 1,121st position this year.
Despite the economic crisis in Nigeria, the five billionaires are said to have increased their net
fortunes by $7bn (N1.4tn). They had a combined net worth of $29.9bn this year, down from $22.9bn the year before.
In the Forbes 2015 World’s Billionaires list, the
fortunes of Dangote, Adenuga and Alakija were put
at $14.7bn, $4.2bn and $2bn, respectively, while
Otedola and Rabiu had a net worth of $1bn each.
Although the Nigerian billionaires had their fortunes increased, the situation was not totally the same globally.
According to Forbes, volatile stock markets, falling
oil prices and a stronger dollar led to a dynamic
reshuffling of wealth around the globe, and a drop
in 10-figure fortunes for the first time since 2009.
For the 30th annual guide to the world’s richest,
Forbes found 1,810 billionaires, down from a record 1,826 a year ago.
Forbes said the aggregate net worth was $6.48tn,
which is $570bn less than that of last year.
It was also the first time since 2010 that the
average net worth of a billionaire dropped – it is
now $3.6bn, $300m less than last year, it said.
Behind these figures is a story of huge upheaval, as
221 people fell off the list, while 198 newcomers
joined the ranks; another 29 people from 2015
died, while 29 who had previously fallen off
climbed back on. Of those who were billionaires
both years, 892 are poorer, while 501 added to
their fortunes.
The reshuffling starts at the top. Only two people
in the top 20 managed to hold on to their ranks.
Bill Gates remains the richest person in the world
with a net worth of $75bn, despite being $4.2bn
poorer than a year ago.
He has been No. 1 one for three years in a row and
topped the list 17 out of 22 years. In the 30 years
Forbes has tracked global wealth, only five people
have held the title of the richest person on planet;
three of those still rank among the four richest in
the world, including Warren Buffett and Carlos Slim.
Holding steady is Buffett at No. 3. Zara’s Amancio
Ortega moves up to No. 2 for the first time,
displacing Mexico’s Carlos Slim, who slips to No. 4.
Slim’s fortune fell by $27.1bn to $50bn in the past
year, as shares of his telecom business, América
Móvil, tumbled.
Mark Zuckerberg had the best year of all the
billionaires. The 31-year-old added $11.2bn to his
fortune and moved up to No. 6 from 16. He and
Amazon’s Jeff Bezos both make their first
appearance in the top 10 of Forbes annual ranking
of the world’s wealthiest.

Members of Republican Party Slams their Own.

We are aware of the recent roar of Donald Trump during his campaign trips. I can only point out that it is not far from the so called Nigeria politics we often criticize. The United States of America Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump has come under fire from rivals Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz at a debate as establishment Republicans tried to muster some unity behind a
last-ditch anti-Trump effort.
The debate began on Thursday night in Detroit as a
free-for-all fracas with tension mounting over
Trump’s ascendancy and his drive to become the presumptive nominee should he win nominating
contests in Florida and Ohio on March 15.
At centre stage, Trump defended himself from criticism earlier in the day from 2012 Republican
nominee Mitt Romney and faced further questions about his record as a businessman at the debate.
Rubio, a US senator from Florida, pressed Trump on why he does not bring his clothing-making operations to the US from China and Mexico if he is so interested in bring jobs home, a central tenet of his unconventional campaign.
“This little guy has lied so much about my record,”
Trump responded, adding that he had begun bringing some clothing operations home from overseas.
But Rubio persisted: “The answer is he’s not going to do it … The reason he makes it in China and
Mexico is because he can make more money on it.”
“Don’t worry about it, little Marco, I will,” Trump said dismissively.
“Well, let’s hear it, big Donald,” Rubio responded.
“Look at these hands,” Trump said, flashing his two hands to the crowd. To the suggestion that he
might be small elsewhere, Trump said: “I guarantee
you there is no problem.”
Support for Clinton
Cruz, a US senator from Texas, suggested Trump
would be the wrong candidate to send into battle
against Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton
because he has supported her financially in the
past.
“Actually it was for business,” Trump replied. “Let
me tell you something, Ted, the last person that
Hillary Clinton wants to face is Donald Trump.”
Trump was joined on stage at the Fox Theatre by
his three remaining rivals, Rubio, Cruz and Ohio
Governor John Kasich.
It is a far smaller field than the 17 Republican
candidates that began the race for the 2016 presidential nomination, but one that is still splintered between the incendiary New York
businessman and three experienced politicians.
The debate was the candidates’ first face-to-face
gathering since Super Tuesday nominating contests
this week gave extra momentum to Trump but did
not knock out his rivals.
Mainstream figures in the party are seeking a
strategy to halt Trump’s march to the nomination
for the November 8 election to succeed Democratic
President Barack Obama.
Some party leaders and donors are critical of Trump’s positions on trade and immigration,
including his calls to build a wall between the US
and Mexico, deport 11 million illegal immigrants and temporarily bar Muslims from entering the country.
At the debate, Trump, 69, was questioned for the
first time since last year by Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly, who angered him with her questioning at the Republicans’ first debate on August 6, prompting him to cancel participation in a debate in Iowa in January, a move that appeared
to cost him some votes.
Despite the tension, towards the end of the debate, all candidates – including Trump – vowed
to support whomever the presidential nominee
would be.
The debate took place hours after 2012 Republican
nominee Romney gave a blistering speech about
the dangers of choosing Trump. He called Trump a
phony and a fraud who has failed in many business
ventures despite his touted success.
The Detroit debate was one more opportunity for
Rubio and Cruz to try to slow Trump’s momentum.
They are the last two anti-Trump candidates
standing in what has been a bruising nomination
battle. Kasich has largely steered clear of the anti-
Trump effort and tried to remain above the fray.
Rubio went on the attack against Trump at the last
debate on February 25 and has tried to establish
himself as the main Trump alternative by labeling
him as a “con artist” who has escaped serious
vetting by a news media fixated on his star power
and brash rhetoric.

An Alumni of UNN Jailed for Seven years.

Clara Onah, who is 35 years old was Wednesday sentenced to seven years in prison  by the Federal
High Court, Lagos, for selling fake drugs.
Onah, from Enugu State, was charged by the National Agency for Food, Drugs, Administration
and Control (NAFDAC) on behalf of the Federal Government.
A graduate of Microbiology of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka and a post-graduate student of
Mass Communication, Onah resides at No 12,
Mosalashi St., Alagbado Lagos.
She was arraigned on February 15 and pleaded
guilty to a five-count charge bordering on
possession and sale of fake drugs, offences
committed on January 26.
The prosecutor Mr. Shamaki Umar had told the
court that the accused sold fake brand of 200 mg of
Amazon Amagyl Metronidazole tablets to members
of the public.
The accused was remanded in prison pending the
review of facts.
Wednesday, Umar reviewed the facts of the case
and presented the laboratory analysis of the
confiscated drugs which showed that they were
fake and contained 20 rather than 200 milligrams
The convict’s counsel Mr. Chinedu Moore in his
allocutus pleaded for leniency and urged the court
to temper justice with mercy. He submitted that
apart from the fact that she was sick, she was also
a first time offender who did not have the intent
to manufacture or sell fake drugs.

Meet Yunusa (Who adopted 14 years old Ese)as his Father claims he has not committed any criminal offence.

Alhaji Dahiru Bala (55), father of 25-years old Inuwa Dahiru Bala (otherwise known as Yunusa aka
Yellow) who abducted 14-year old Ese Rita Oruru spoke from Tofa, his village in Kura Local
Government Area of Kano state, Wednesday,
insisting that his son didn't commit any crime and
should be set free.
Alhaji Bala told reporters who travelled from Kano to Tofa village that Ese voluntarily followed his son out of love and
affection for his dear son.
“The girl fell in love with my son and followed my
son. Let them release my son because he has not
committed any crime by following his heart,” he
added.
However, Alhaji Yusuf Suleiman (50), Dagaci Tofa
(Village Head of Tofa) faulted Inuwa’s action for
keeping the girl after the instruction of the Emir
of Kano, Alhaji Sanusi Muhammad 11, describing
the action as unIslamic.
Alhaji Yusuf Suleiman also gave an account how the girl was converted to Islam and was taken
to the Emir of Kano for endorsement, but added
that the Emir refused to endorse the marriage
because the girl (Ese) in question was a teenager and could not decide for herself without the
consent of her parents.
According to the Village Head of Tofa town: “What I
know about the story is that there was a time that
boy, Inuwa Dahiru Bala, a native of this village,
came with the girl in question whom I learnt her
name is Ese Oruru. They came here sometime last
year; and Inuwa brought her to me.
“When he told me what he wanted to do—that is,
getting married to the girl; I told him I don’t have
the power to join them as husband and wife. So, I
decided to take them to the Hakimi (District
Head) of Tofa.
“The Hakimi took the issue to the Liman (Islamic
scholar) of our village where the conversion of the
girl from Christianity to Islam was performed. From
there, we headed straight to the Emir’s Palace to
intimate him on the development; but unfortunately, the Emir was not around at that
time. We met the then Wambai Kano (Abbas
Sanusi, now Galadiman Kano).
“The Wambai Kano instructed us to take them to
Sharia’ah Commission; so, at Sharia’ah
Commission, the issue was further discussed—the
parents of the girl were invited to Sharia’ah
Commission. The parents wanted to take the girl
back to Bayelsa, but they could not.
“Then, the next day being a Friday, we went back
to the Emir’s Palace and we were asked to come
back on Monday (after the weekend). When we
came back to the Emir’s Palace that Monday, we
waited a long time for representatives from the
Sharia’ah Commission, but they delayed us to the
extent that the Emir, Sanusi Muhammad 11, got
tired and left for other official engagements.
“So, when the Emir left, the Police who came along
with the parents of the girl had no choice than to
leave for other official duties. However, the Emir
delegated power to Wambai Kano who spoke on
behalf of the Emirate Council and informed us that
the girl being less than 16 years of age should be
given out for marriage without the consent of her
parents.
“Having been informed on the position of the
Emirate Council on the issue, Wambai Kano gave us
a letter stating the position of the Emirate Council
and instructed us to deliver it to the Assistant
Inspector General of Police (AIG) in charge of Zone
1, including Inuwa and the girl. We delivered the
letter to the AIG and gave him a message that the
Emir instructed that the girl should be repatriated
to Bayelsa where her parents lives. So, after
delivering the letter and the two children to the
AIG, that was where I stopped playing any role,
believing that the AIG will handle the matter as
instructed by the Emir.
“However, I must say that Tofa people are not
happy with this development and we condemn the
action of our son, Inuwa. Now, I must tell you that
it was wrong for Inuwa to have brought the girl
back to this village after the Emir of Kano has
given his verdict that the girl be repatriated back
to her people. It is not in our character to do this
kind of thing.
“So, I must declare that Inuwa’s character was
unIslamic and totally unacceptable by the people of
Tofa village who have high regard to our religion,
constituted authorities and the revered throne of
Sarkin Kano, Sanusi Muhammad 11. Inuwa has
cheated the people of Tofa; he has smeared our
name and the name of Kano state, even that of
Nigeria.
“My advice to the young ones is that whenever
they want to get married from any part of the
country, they should properly follow the channels,
tradition, customs and norms of the people. The
reunion of the girl with the parents is the best
option in this issue and Tofa people align
themselves with this decision, because since the
Emir’s verdict on the issue, all that we have been
fighting for is that the girl be returned back to her
parents.”
It was also gathered that Inuwa Dahiru Bala (25)
who was born and brought up in Tofa village, Kano state,
traveled to Bayelsa state in search of job.

Federal Government Re-considering the bringing back Paper based Test for UTME.

Just two years after the Joint Admission and
Matriculation Board (JAMB), phased out paper and
pencil examination mode, indications have
emerged that the Federal Government might
consider the re-introduction of the mode in the
conduct of the Unified Tertiary Matriculation
Examination (UTME).
The reversal may be informed by the need to
carter for the interest of vast number of
candidates who are not computer literate and
living in remote locations but had to comply with the Computer- Based Test (CBT).
Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu, gave
this indication yesterday in Abuja when he visited
some centres in the FCT to monitor the ongoing
UTME being conducted by JAMB.
Adamu, however, said he was satisfied with the
conduct of the CBT mode of the examination so far, noting that he was glad the Board has addressed most of his concerns and other Nigerians.
Meanwhile, Registrar and Chief Executive Officer of
JAMB, Professor Dibu Ojerinde, has disclosed that
over 200,000 candidates results have been released
since the examination commenced on Saturday.
He said candidates, who had sat for the examination, were at liberty to visit the website
and source their results.
More than 1.85million applied to take the
examination, nationwide in 2016.
The figures however, recorded a slight increase of
113,673 applicants (1.47million) candidates who
applied for the examination in 2015.
Well, it seems the complaints is more than the praise.

Controversial Tweets From Linda Ikeji.

Linda Ikeji has stepped on a lot of toes andof recent have suffered a lot from bloggers who have used all these as opportunity to gain traffic by publishing false information concerning those issues.
Also as a genuinely successful young black woman, there is
some amount of hate that follows. She fanned the flames
of the haters with some of her recent comments about
her wealth in the infamous fake Hermes brouhaha.
Now some dubious fellows seeking traffic/attention or
just courting plain controversy have created some
photoshopped Twitter screenshots that attempt to depict
Linda Ikeji mouthing off about her material possessions
and saying she can buy any man.
The creators of the hoax were also mean enough to share
an unflattering old photo of Linda with their photoshop
creation. It has been confirmed false.