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Real reason Yinka Ayefele’s radio station was marked for demolition
David Ajiboye, the media aide to popular Jujumusician, Yinka Ayefele, has said that theplanned demolition of the edifice whichhouses his principal’s radio station, FreshFM, and music studio in Oyo state waspolitically motivated.Ajibola stated this while addressingjournalists in Ibadan on Friday.Earlier this week, it was reported that theproperty owned by Ayefele, which isestimated at over N800m was going to bedemolished by the Oyo State government.However Ajibola said: “We don’t see it as athreat; instead we see it as a challengebecause the planned demolition of the musichouse is politically motivated.“When the governor visited the studio in2016, he said people told him to demolishthe building because Ayefele was not in hiscamp. The building was approved in June 2008as a business premise; that is over 10 yearsago,” he said.He also quoted verbatim the statementmade by Ajimobi when he visited the studioin October 2016: “I want to use thisopportunity to thank God for the ability tobe here because when we contested thefirst time and won, a lot of people came tomeet me to destroy the music housebecause Ayefele is not for us and he isalways using songs to insult us. But I didn’tsee any reason why I should demolish itbecause I felt if Ayefele is not for us now, hemay be for us later.“I am happy today that Ayefele is beside menow and I pray that the business will keepflourishing and this is the best studio I haveseen in Oyo State.” -
Fayose Recruits 2000 Ekiti Teachers, Civil Servants As Fayemi Raises Alarm
Barely two months to the end of histenure, the Ekiti State Governor, Ayo Fayose,is set to recruit 1000 teachers and another1000 workers of different categories intothe state’s civil service.The move is currently creating angstwithin the camp of the governor–elect,Kayode Fayemi, who has rejected the moveand called on the citizens to be wary ofsuch employment.But Mr Fayose has argued that therecruitment was in keeping with hispromise to the people of Ekiti State.A statement on Friday by the governor’sSpecial Assistant on Public Communicationand New Media, Lere Olayinka, said the finalprocess of the recruitment exercise hadcommenced.“In addition to the forms already obtainedfree of charge by the applicants, forms arenow available at the Teaching ServiceCommission (TESCOM), Civil ServiceCommission, Ministry of Health and otherrelevant Ministries, Departments andAgencies,” he said.“Forms for applicants seeking employmentinto the junior cadres of the public serviceare available at N500 each while those forthe senior cadres are N1,000 each tillAugust 24, 2018.”Mr Olayinka berated Mr Fayemi and hisparty, APC, for criticising the recruitmentexercise.“With less than two weeks to the end ofhis tenure in 2014, Fayemi appointed eightpermanent secretaries and they are still inoffice up till now,” Mr Olayinka recalled.“He also recruited several workers behindclosed doors and they are still in theservice.”He stated that Mr Fayemi should wait tillOctober 16 when he would be sworn ingovernor, rather than acting as an“alternate government.”“It is on record that Governor Fayoseannounced in January this year thatrecruitment will be made into the statepublic service and this was followed up withdistribution of employment forms in May,”Mr Olayinka further said.“This was consequent upon the existingvacancies in the public service, especiallythe teaching sector. There are schoolswithout adequate teachers in criticalsubjects like Mathematics, Physics, Englishand others. So the students that areresuming in September should wait tillFayemi assumes office?“Most importantly, Fayose will carry out allthe functions of his office till October 16and since there is need to employ workers,the government will do so through atransparent process.“Isn’t it funny that the same APC peoplethat criticised the government forconstructing a modern Oja Oba Market inAdo Ekiti are now kicking against allocationof the shops to the people? So GovernorFayose should build the market for Fayemito come and allocate the shops to hiscronies?“The APC in Ekiti State should therefore bereminded that there is still a governmentin the State and that government will notchange until October 16, 2018.”Earlier, Mr Fayemi had described the lastminute move by the outgoing administrationof Governor Fayose to recruit the workersas a deliberate effort to put obstacles inthe way of the in-coming administration.A statement by the Director of Media andPublicity in the Office of the governor-elect,Wole Olujobi, berated Mr Fayose forembarking on a last minute massrecruitment to allegedly deceive theunsuspecting victims and set a booby-trapfor the incoming administration.He said Mr Fayose was playing on theintelligence of the people to paint a pictureof a man of the masses in clear infractionon the law.“It is a grand deception and sheerwickedness for a governor that has refusedto pay workers and pensioners for betweensix and 10 months to now turn around torecruit about 2,000 workers in a selectivemanner to favour his supporters only,” saidMr Olujobi.He also described the governor’s plannedrecruitment as an act of desperation by agovernor who never cared for the peoplebut would always take advantage of themin a most dehumanising manner.“Once again, we call on Ekiti people as we didin our recent press release to be wary ofFayose’s last minute illegal deals,transactions and mass recruitment whichdo not follow due process,” he added.“Any transaction so done shall be reviewedby the incoming administration.” -
Buhari Looks Good To Win 2019 Election, Says Bloomberg
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari’sparty may be wracked by defections and hisbattles against corruption and an Islamistrebellion under fire, but he has one crucialadvantage in securing re-election:incumbency.The 75-year-old leader is going to need allthe tools available to repeat his 2015victory — the first time an oppositionparty won power at the ballot box inAfrica’s biggest oil producer. At his disposal,analysts say, is a record with some policysuccesses, as well as the state power toreward or punish.Buhari “seems prepared to deploy theinstitutions of state to his advantage,” saidClement Nwankwo, executive director ofthe Policy and Legal Advocacy Centre in thecapital, Abuja. “It’s kind of a plan to beatpeople into line.”Buhari — who was briefly Nigeria’s militaryruler in the 1980s — will be fighting againstperceptions the country hasn’t gotten anysafer nor less corrupt during his tenure. Apromise to shatter Boko Haram’s northernIslamist insurgency may have been partlyfulfilled, but inter-communal violence hasreplaced it as Nigeria’s deadliest threat.Nigeria’s corruption perception rankingsoared this year despite a much-toutedwar on graft.Buhari is benefiting from a recoveringeconomy with rising crude prices after a2016 recession triggered by the sharp fall inthe price of the commodity that is thecountry’s main export. Foreign-exchangereforms by the government have helped tostabilize the naira. Inflation decelerated forthe 18th straight month in July as foodprices climbed at the slowest rate sinceMarch 2016.Improved Economy“Oil output has been fairly steady and pricesare better than anticipated,” said AntonyGoldman, West Africa analyst at London-based PM Consulting. “Economicfundamentals are better than when Buhariwas elected.”When the head of the Senate, Bukola Saraki— Nigeria’s third-most powerful politician —joined more than 50 APC members in leavingfor the opposition People’s DemocraticParty over the past month, the reactionwas swift. First his home was blockaded;days later security officers barred entryto the legislature itself. It’s an exodusthat Buhari needs stemmed if he’s to keepafloat a party with a campaign machinespanning Africa’s most populous nation ofalmost 200 million people.The PDP said the move was an attempt tosmuggle in Buhari loyalists and removeSaraki, who’d adjourned sittings until lateSeptember. Amid public outrage, thegovernment and APC condemned thedeployment as unconstitutional and VicePresident Yemi Osinbajo, who’s acting head ofstate while Buhari’s overseas, dismissed thestate security chief.‘Damage Control’“It was a crucial act of damage control bythe acting president,” said Nwankwo.Saraki said he’s considering challenging forBuhari’s job in the coming vote on theplatform of the PDP, as the country needs abusiness-friendly leadership that iscurrently lacking.Buhari’s war on corruption gives him a wayto coerce his opponents, according to ChetaNwanze, an analyst at Lagos-based businessadvisory, SBM Intelligence.Buhari signed an executive order in Julyempowering him to freeze the bankaccounts of those implicated in graftinvestigations. The opposition says that itwill be used to punish defectors, underminesNigeria’s courts and violates the principle ofpresumption of innocence.Critics point to the case of Benue stateGovernor Samuel Ortom. Shortly after heleft the ruling party for the PDP, theBuhari-controlled financial crimes agencymoved in to freeze Benue state’s bankaccounts, citing a corruption investigation.Ortom’s office has asked why the probe onlyhappened once the governor had left theAPC.‘Concrete Achievements’Buhari has other elements in his favor.Amaka Anku, an Africa analyst at WashingtonD.C.-based risk advisers Eurasia Group,pointed to national railway lines and ametro system in the capital completedduring his first term.“Buhari will have concrete achievements topoint to on the campaign trail,” she said.The president may also get a boost fromthe opposition’s disunity. Still to name apresidential candidate, the PDP has at leasta dozen would-be contenders.While former President Olusegun Obasanjo —a powerful voice — is campaigning againstBuhari’s re-election, he’s also, due to long-standing differences, opposed to thecandidacy of his former deputy, AtikuAbubakar. A northerner, like Buhari, who maybe able to win support on the incumbent’shome turf, Abubakar is widely seen as theonly challenger proposing coherent policies.“Compared to 2015, the president has lostsome support, but the challenge for theopposition will be to win that support,”Goldman said. “The PDP is still in search of apersonality to unite the party.” -
Impeachment Saga: Ozekhome, NBA Chief, Others Caution Oshiomhole
Some eminent lawyers yesterday camedown heavily on the National Chairman ofthe All Progressives Congress (APC), AdamsOshiomhole, over his recent utterancessince he assumed his new position.Specifically, among the utterances lawyersraised issue on was the one credited toOshiomhole saying that, “No Court will saveSaraki.”The lawyers, who spoke, noted that suchstatement was a sign of disrespect to thenation’s judiciary.They, however, reminded him that he cannotbe a judge in his own case.Oshiomhole had been calling for theresignation of the Senate President BukolaSaraki since he defected from the APC tothe PDP.He had stressed several times that Sarakiought to vacate his seat, having left theparty on which platform he assumed theseat of the Senate President.He had also threatened that the APCsenators will impeach him and that nocourt can save him.Commenting, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria(SAN), Chief Mike Ozekhome and a VicePresident of the Nigerian Bar Association(NBA), Mr. Monday Ubani, both cautioned theAPC national chairman to be wary of hisutterances in his party’s quest to ensurethe impeachment of Saraki.Oshiomhole had while addressing APC’scaucus in the National Assembly on Tuesdaystated that no court could save theSenate’s President.However, in his reaction, Ozekhome, disclosedthat the APC national chairman ought toknow that court’s decision on any matteris final and no executive fiat can override it.He said: “A court’s decision on any matter isfinal. No executive fiat can override it. Thetripartite doctrine of separation of powersis found in Sections 4 (Legislation), 5(Executive) and 6 (Judiciary), of the 1999Constitution as amended. None of thesearms of government can act in disobedienceof the other.“That doctrine of separation of powers wasmostly popularised in 1748 by a greatFrench philosopher, Baron de Montesquieu.Once a court gives a judgment, allgovernments, persons and authorities mustobey it. Not to do so is a ready recipe foranarchy and chaos. Such torpedoesdemocracy and conscripts the democraticspace.”In his submissions, Ubani urged Oshiomhole tobe circumspect in his approach to issues.He said: “Mr. Chairman, note that I am not afan of Mr. Saraki and I have not hidden mydisdain for his personality and activities inthe upper chamber, but try to be wise insome of your utterances and note that wehave intelligent and educated people inNigeria. We are not all fools, for God’s sake.“The four ways for Mr. Saraki to leave thepresent seat as required by law are (1)Death (2) Resignation (3) Dissolution and (4)Impeachment by two – third majority ofthe entire membership of the Senate,approximately 73 senators. See Section50(2) (c) of 1999 Constitution as amended:“Section 50 (1) says, There shall be:-(a) aPresident and a Deputy President of theSenate, who shall be elected by themembers of that House from amongthemselves; and(b) A Speaker and a Deputy Speaker of theHouse of Representatives, who shall beelected by the members of that House fromamong themselves.(2) The President or Deputy President of theSenate or the Speaker or Deputy Speaker ofthe House of Representatives shall vacatehis office –(a) if he ceases to be a member of theSenate or of the House of Representatives,as the case may be, otherwise than byreason of a dissolution of the Senate or theHouse of Representatives; or(b) When the House of which he was amember first sits after any dissolution ofthat House; or(c) If he is removed from office by aresolution of the Senate or of the House ofRepresentatives, as the case may be, by thevotes of not less than two-thirds majorityof the members of that House.“The present status though not confirmedhundred percent in the Senate is, PDP 49senators and APC 52, the remaining for APGAand ADC.“So, I ask, how will the APC senators aspresently constituted impeach Mr. Saraki,the Senate President? Is Mr. Oshiomholeplanning an impeachment that will notcomply with the strict provisions of theground norm, the 1999 Constitution asamended?“How do they intend to muster the 73senators as required by law or is heengaging in intimidation, bullying and noisemaking which reduces his personality beforeright thinking members of the society?“The “monster” Saraki was created by APC intheir naive political engineering and I thinkthe best approach would have been tohandle him with wisdom and intelligence inorder to get the best out of him in theinterest of Nigeria.“With the present configuration, the Senatecannot also impeach Mr. President, it isimpossible legally. They can’t even try it,”Ubani said.Another Abuja based lawyer, Kingdom Okere,noted that in the constitution which callsfor amendment, it did not specificallyprovide that the presiding officers shall beelected from the majority political party.“It is just a matter of convention, harmonyand understanding among members of themajority party in both chambers thatpresiding officers had emerged frommajority political party over the years,” hestated. -
Church member makes outrageous allegations against popular Owerri pastor, including that he defiles young girls and engages in threesome with t
A church member is accusing the founding pastor of Truth Assembly International Church, Owerri, Apostle Love Judah, of a number of things which include fraud and sexual assault.
Mrs Lisa Venison, a member of the church, said Apostle Judah deceived her into resigning from her high paying job and career as a pharmacist to come and work fully in his ministry. She accused him of deceiving other church members in the same way and defrauding them by constantly asking them to sow seeds.
She went on to allege that he sleeps with girls and married women in his church and threatens them with death if they speak out. He allegedly made two young girls in his church leave their families to move fully into his church where he began to have threesomes with them.
Mrs Venison claims she has evidence to back up her claims. She added that she's coming out now because Apostle Judah has absconded to the United States of America to begin deceiving a new set of people and she can't let him harm more people.
Read her allegations below:
My name is Pharm.(Mrs) Lisa Venison and I am a victim of Fraud, deceit and sexual harassment.
My husband and I were members of Truth Assembly International Churches, Owerri – A place were we thought it was church. The founding pastor, Apostle Love Judah (who is related to me) who always proclaimed himself as God, defrauded his members of their money through his incessant demands of seeds and what not. He sees "prophecies" and asked that we bring a seed for the prophecy to come to past. A common statement he makes is "bring a seed 2-3 times your age".
He is a selfish individual and does not approve of his members doing anything contrary to his belief. He spoke against going to school(meanwhile his children are currently schooling in the U.S), he also asked members of his church to resign from their jobs and come and spend time in the house of God yet he was still asking for seeds. He made me resign from my highly paid job and a very successful career because he said he saw a 'vision' that i should do ministry with him .
Apostle Love Judah defiles young women and sleeps with wives of his members/pastors and threatens them with death if they tell anyone. He has been in this act until recently, 2 of the young girls who he deceived and made them leave their parents to move to his church, confessed that he has threesomes with them and beats them afterwards if they don't oblige to his further demands.They are scared to come out in public because of his death threats but I have reached out to their parents. Other women also have the same story to tell.
He made advances at me(which I have proofs of) which I declined but having recently gotten a lot of info and proofs of his escapades with young women and people's wives, I won't rest till he is brought to book.
I am a wife, future mother to girls(who could have being his victims) and boys(who need to see an example of men like this being brought to book!), so I can't take chances.
P.S: He has absconded to the U.S (Dallas) with his family(wife, 2 teenage daughters and 2 teenage boys) to continue his evil agenda. He has started deceiving a new set of people in Dallas but I can't let him waste another set of lives, money,resources and mess with people's beliefs.
He needs to be stopped!
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‘How I escaped from my abductors and stayed on a tree for 11-hours’ – Senator Dino Melaye narrates his ordeal
Senator Dino Melaye in a lengthy interview with Premium Times narrated his own version of what he said unfolded along the Abuja-Lokoja Highway which led to his disappearance for almost 24-hours.
The senator confirmed he was not abducted, but that he was not the architect of his ordeal either. He said he was travelling from Abuja to Lokoja for a court appearance on Thursday morning and shortly after passing Gwagwalada, which is roughly 50 kilometres southwest of Abuja, a convoy of three vehicles drove recklessly by his vehicle, intercepting him on the highway and forcing him to stop.
According to him, the assailants tried to open fire to force themselves into the vehicle, only to realise that it was a well-fortified vehicle with bullet-proof. Without much time to waste at the scene, the attackers devised an alternative.
“They started shouting that they wanted to burn me, they said ‘burn him, burn him down,’ and crossed the road to look for tyres to set the vehicle on fire,” Melaye said. As the attackers dispersed in different directions to scavenge for tyres, Melaye said he feared for his life and made instinctive calculation to jump into the bush and bolt, rather than remained in the car in defiance.
“I jumped into the bush, and I started running. They pursued me and I was able to outmanoeuvre them and climb a tree. I was on top of the three when I saw them run past looking frantically for me. When they didn’t find me, they also ran back” he said.
The senator said it was on the tree that he perched until his assailants left. While on the tree, he saw four of them passing, but remained hushed to avoid being detected. He would go on to spend 11 hours trying to ensure that he was no longer at immediate risk from his assailants and navigating his way out of the overgrown weeds.
He also said he could not identify any of them, even if there is an identification parade by authorities, largely because he was more apprehensive of his survival than anything else at that traumatic moment. The senator said he believed those who attempted to attack him were police-sponsored elements. He said when he appeared in court on Wednesday for his attempted suicide trial at the Federal Capital Territory High Court in Apo, he saw some men trailing him after the proceeding.
He described the vehicles the men were driving as two Toyota Hilux trucks and a Toyota Sienna minivan. “They were exactly the same vehicle that were used to attack me on Thursday morning,” he said. He was driving to Lokoja in a vehicle not previously known with him, in a bid to disguise his move to those who were trailing him.
“I was going in a totally different vehicle, but I asked my brother to drive behind me in an SUV as a back-up. But I was shocked to see the attackers run into the middle, creating wall between my brother and I before attacking me” he said.
He added that “to begin with, the federal government and the police in particular have combined five cases against me in court. I have never declined to appear in court for trial in all the five separate cases”.
He said the claim that he was trying to avoid court appearance should immediately ring false to lucid minds, especially since he was in court just a day before. Besides, the court appearance in Lokoja was more about symbolism than substance. This was because he had learnt from his lawyer, Mike Ozekhome, that the case would not be heard on Thursday because prosecution lead had already written to notify of his unavoidable absence and seek adjournment.
“Alex Izinyon is the prosecutor and he had written to my lawyer to inform him that he would not be in court on Thursday and that the judge should adjourn the matter. So why would I not want to be in court when I know that nothing would happen to me?” I have been attending all previous court hearings. I have been told that the prosecutor wanted an adjournment. I have been granted bail long ago which I continue to enjoy. So why would I not want to go to court that day? There is no sense in that claim. It is completely against logic,” Melaye said.
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Iyabo Ojo’s children rejoice after seeing their father for the first time in 6 years
Actress Iyabo Ojo’s children reunited with their father after six years of being away from him and they took to their respective Instagram accounts to share their excitement.Priscilla Ajoke Ojo shared a photo she took with her father and brother and captioned it,“Hi guys meet my dad, we haven’t seen for about 6 years, I’m glad we got to hangout and reunite ???? #family“Festus Oladunjoye Ojo also took photos with his father and sister during the reunion and shared it with the caption,“That is my dad for all those who have wondered what he looks like. Even though I have not see him in about 6years it felt like only weeks ago when I saw him today. Long story short I had a nice day ? @its.priscy“Iyabo Ojo married her ex-husband, a movie marketer, in 1999 when she was 21. That same year, they welcomed their son, Then in 2001, they welcomed their daughter. They divorced years later.
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Chelsea striker Alvaro Morata shares touching message as he welcomes twins with wife Alice Campello (Photos)
Chelsea striker, Alvaro Morata has become a father for the first time after his wife Alice Campello delivered twins, Alessandro and Leonardo on Sunday.
The 25-year-old Spanish footballer announced the good news with a touching message via his Instagram account.
Morata wrote:
'And the day arrived … July 29, 2018, a day I will never forget. The wait has been long, very long. It has been only 9 months but for us it has been like 3 years.
'I have no words to thank you Alice, thank you for making me the most beautiful and incredible gift in the world. Every day since I know you I thank God for having put you in my way, you are the cornerstone of my life.
'These months you have fought like a lioness, I can not be more proud of you; nights in the hospital, dehydrated days, whole days together in bed without being able to move… but in the end the day arrived, it arrived and everything was worth it.
'Welcome to the world Alessandro and Leonardo. I only ask that you have health and be happy with the love that is breathed in our house, in our family.
'Finally I want to thank the doctors, here and there who have helped us in these hard months, and especially to all the people who work in the hospital dell'Angelo for their kindness and sensitivity.'
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Breaking: APC lawmakers in Benue state house of Assembly serve Governor Ortom impeachment notice
Eight APC members in the Benue state House of Assembly this morning served a notice of impeachment to the state governor, Samuel Ortom.
Spokesperson of the eight lawmakers told journalists that the House has commenced impeachment proceedings against Governor Ortom on the allegations of diversion of state funds and abuse of office. The spokesperson added that 15 lawmakers have been suspended for six months.
The 15 newly suspended lawmakers are part of the 22 lawmakers who impeached the House Speaker, Terkimbi Ikyange, last week.
This development comes after Governor Ortom anounced his defection from APC to PDP.
