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Food thought.

70% 70% 70% 70% 70% When we die, our money remains in the bank... Yet, when we are alive, we don't have enough money to spend. In reality, when we are gone, there is still a lot of money not spent. One business tycoon in China passed away. His widow, left with $1.9 billion in the bank, married his chauffeur.His chauffeur said:- "All the while, I thought I was working for my boss... it is only now, that I realize that my boss was all the time, working for me !!!" The cruel reality is: It is more important to live longer than to have more wealth. So, we must strive to have a strong and healthy body, It really doesn't matter who is working for who. In a high end hand phone, 70% of the functions are useless! For an expensive car, 70% of the speed and gadgets are not needed. If you own a luxurious villa or mansion, 70% of the space is usually not used or occupied. How about your wardrobes of clothes? 70% of them are not worn! A whole life of work and earning... 70% is for other people to spend. So, we must protect and make full use of our 30%. Go for medical check-ups even if not sick. Drink more water, even if not thirsty. Learn to let go, even if faced with grave problems. Endeavour to give in, even if you are in the right. Remain humble, even if you are very rich and powerful. learn to be contented, even if you are not rich. Exercise your mind and body, even if you are very busy. Make time for people you care about LIFE IS SHORT... ENJOY & LIVE LIFE TO THE FULLEST!!! Handbook 2016 HEALTH Drink Plenty of water. EAT: Breakfast like a KING, Lunch like a Prince & Dinner like a beggar. Live with the 3 E's-- Energy, Enthusiasm & Empathy. Make time to PRAY. Play more games. Read more books than you did in 2014 and 2015 Sit in silence for at least 10 minutes each day. Sleep for 7 hours. Take a 10-30 minutes walk daily And while you walk, Smile. PERSONALITY Don't over do. Keep your limits. Don't take yourself so seriously. No one else does. Don't waste your precious energy on gossip. Dream more while you are awake. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need. Forget issues of the past. Don't remind your partner with his/her mistakes of the past. That will ruin your present Happiness. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone. Don't hate others. Make peace with your past so it won't spoil the present. No one is in charge of your happiness except you. Smile and Laugh More. You don't have to win every argument, Agree to disagree. SOCIETY Call your family often. Each day give something good to others. Forgive everyone for everything. Spend time with people over the age of 70 & under the age of 6. Try to make at least three people smile each day. What other people think of you is none of your business. LIFE Do the right thing! God heals everything. However good or bad a situation is, it will change. No matter how you feel, Get up, Dress up and Show up. The best is yet to come. When awake in the morning Thank GOD for it. Your Inner most is always happy. So, be Happy. LAST BUT NOT THE LEAST Please Forward this To Everyone plus other groups with Whom You Care about I JUST DID !!!

Give your votes to JK Gadzama

All lawyers in FB, pls vote JK Gadzama for NBA president, you can vote from any country where you are,provided you have paid your practising fees, the election is coming up on the 23/24 July 2016, and is by electronic voting, tx

News update

NEWSPAPER REVIEW, Friday, June 24, 2016 BLUEPRINT Power play threatens Buhari’s anti graft war. Starvation killed 200 IDPs in Bama. Why I can’t operate from wadata plaza- Sheriff. AMCON Seizes Murray- Bruce’s property over 11 bn naira debt. Sanusi cautions on hate speeches. The AUTHORITY No plan to overthrow Buhari- military. Militants blow up Shell pipeline in Imo. Workers chase away VC with charms. How I survived Obasanjo’s attacks- Atiku 2018 World cup qualifiers: Eagles know oppenents today. NATION Rivers CP: cultists have gone mad and must be wiped out Constitution amendment of controversies ‘Forgery’: AGF tells Saraki, Ekweremadu to face trial Sheriff, Makarfi fail to end feud Okada restricted in Rivers local govt N4.7b poll cash: EFCC traces three mansions to Fayose’s associate Sheriff: Fayose’s conduct shameful Ex-governor desperate to destroy PDP, says Makarfi N4.7b poll cash: Omisore asks EFCC to bring findings to court AMCON shuts Murray-Bruce’s Silverbird offices over N11b debt Police officers must declare their assets, says acting IG APC senators pledge support for Buhari NIGERIAN PILOT Ebonyi partners Chinese firm on 10mw solar power plant Monarch urges Buhari to tackle herdsmen challenges Arms scam: Ex-Air Force Commander docked, gets N10m bail Better days await Nigerians – Aisha Buhari We’re not planning to topple Buhari’s govt – Military Fulani herdsmen sent to kill my secretary – Modu Sheriff Ramadan: ECWA Church, NASFAT donate food items to Muslim community, IDPs Rivers Assembly defers debate on Tax Bills Alleged Forgery: AGF Replies Senate Leadership, Says He Acted On IG’s Recommendation PUNCH Ex-NAF chief, Amosu, others face N21bn fraud charges Ijaw youths invade Murray-Bruce’s Bayelsa radio station Why Saraki, deputy must face criminal charges – Malami Ortom shifts LG polls, blames high election cost Scrapping post-UTME, a monumental error – Omole We’ll probe alleged coup against Buhari, says Army Soldiers, policemen clash over IDPs rice Salary reduction: Talks between Labour, Niger govt deadlocked See current hardship as a challenge – Bauchi gov DAILY SUN Why I didn’t retire Arase –Buhari Girl raped, murdered 3 died, 14 injured in Lagos auto crash I’m being prosecuted for old grievances – Dasuki Don’t negotiate with Avengers, lawmaker begs FG Power outage: Water scarcity bites harder in Asaba Sylva plans to destabilise Bayelsa –Govt Halliburton: Apologise or meet me in court… Aisha Buhari SGF, ministers snub Senators THISDAY Nigerian Army to Investigate Allegation of Coup d’Etat FG, Senate Face-off Deepens Divisions Among APC Senators I’m Being Prosecuted for Old Grievances, Dasuki Cries out Police Confirm Attack on Shell Facility in Imo New Zealand Rules out Ransom for Citizen Abducted in C’River Revealed: 10 Lawmakers on US Trip were Interrogated by State Dept... PDP Crisis: Makarfi Sent Fulani Herdsmen after Us, Alleges Sheriff VANGUARD N-DELTA: New militant group emerges, demands sovereign state Incessant demands of Federal lawmakers Group condemns forgery case against Ekweremadu How to tackle unemployment — NDE End in sight for Kogi Assembly crisis COMMUNAL CLASH: Delta community dismisses alleged imposition of N1m on male indigenes Let strike be your last option, Wike charges labour unions 6 facing trial in Bayelsa for operating illegal refinery SEX SCANDAL: Rep writes US ambassador, threatens legal action PDP: Sheriff should please go home — Bode George Ebonyi records lowest in preschool enrollment in S’East —Group Good morning.

Nigerian BAR Association Presidency 2016, who does the cap fit.

I saw an article, where a unity bar member is comparing AB and JK, we are all learned gentlemen that knows when somebody is competent and also has the capacity to handle a particular task, i have really taken my time to watch AB and JK, In JK, i see a new face of NBA, In JK, i see a new dawn, In JK, i see hope for younger lawyers in Nigeria In JK, i see more vibrant NBA, In JK, i see a great leadership capacity, In JK i see a unified and diginified BAR, these are the reasons i urge my fellow learned friends not to vote anyother candidate, but vote JK for quality services, may God bless you all.

Why JK GADZAMA FOR NIGERIAN BAR ASSOCIATION (NBA) PRESIDENT 2016

WHY JK GADZAMA FOR NBA PRESIDENT: Is JK Gadzama because, he is a man of honour, he is a bridge builder, kindhearted, he can be easily accessed, he is a humanitarian he is trustworthy, he has a charisma, he is a bar man to the core, he has fear of God, he is cheerful, and a man of peace. #JKeeeeeeeeeeealltheway

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

10/06/2016 I was raped at the age of 9" - Oprah Winfrey "I didn't even complete my university education" - Bill Gates "I was sexually, mentally, emotionally and verbally abused by my father as far back as I can remember until I left home at the age of eighteen" - Joyce Meyer "I struggled academically throughout elementary school" - Dr. Ben Carson "I used to serve tea at a shop to support my football training" - Lionel Messi "I used to sleep on the floor in friends' rooms, returning Coke bottles for food, money, and getting weekly free meals at a local temple" - Steve Jobs "My teachers used to call me a failure" - PM Tony Blair "I was in prison for 27 years" - and still became president. Nelson Mandela "I drove taxi to finance my university education" - Mike Adenuga Though we pass through many difficulties in life, we should not give up because life is not about what you couldn't do so far, it's about what you can still do. Decide to be UNSTOPPABLE. That's who 👉you are.

NEWS UPDATES

NEWSPAPER REVIEW, Friday, June 10, 2016 NEW TELEGRAPH Saraki to Buhari: Shop for best brains to fix economy ....President must form an all-inclusive government....Senators lament state of economy Bank CEO’s agree to reduce job cuts DSS burst s terrorist cell in Kano ..Boko Haram has no link with I.S.---U.S...World Bank approves $575million for N/East Again, militants blow up Shell facility Pinnick: FG, NFF to participate in Keshi’s burial Artificial kidney raises hope for dialysis patients BLUE PRINT Your government not inclusive, Saraki tells Buhari Labour to picket banks over mass sack Bauchi gets first female chief judge We’ve secured enough land for cattle ranches---FG Buhari wants Senate to confirm 46 Ambassadors-nominees DSS bursts ISIS sleeper cells in Kano AUTHORITY Ambassadorial nominees: Buhari shuns politicians ...picks 47 career civil servants...eleven women make list FG neglected herdsmen, says Audu Ogbeh Only restructuring can save Nigeri—Nwabueze FG to immortalize Stephen Keshi FG sued over invasion of pro-Biafra protests 899 bills pending in NASS Wike declares war on cultists in Rivers DAILY SUN How we killed Army Colonel....Prime suspect confesses Buhari nominates 47 career diplomats as envoys, sacks Budget Office DG Judge handling Senate forgery case dies NFF to immortalize Keshi, meets family 196,000 Nigerians have AIDS—UNICEF Muhammad Ali: The final bout ....World stands still as greatest boxer is buried in U.S. LEADERSHIP Bank CEOs Promise To Reduce Mass Sack FRSC Satisfied With Response To Tyre Awareness NHIS, NOA Renew Pact For Nationwide Mobilisation For Health Insurance Support FG’s Grazing Policy, Tambuwal Urges Southern States Stock Market Snaps 3-day Downtrend, Gains 0.69% Seaport Operators Face Hard Times As Economic Realities Dawn I Will Formulate Well-articulated Community Projects – Nanou Bingan Tunde Kelani’s Film School Welcomes Pioneering Students As Others Resume In September PUNCH Workers block Mimiko, reject gov’s plea to end strike Outrage trails Kaduna youths attack on carpenter during Ramadan Buhari asks Senate to approve 47 ambassadors Avengers threaten secession as militants bomb NPDC facilities Lagos miners urge Ambode to reverse ban Firms, NAFDAC clash over importation of killer tomato paste Work resumes on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway next week –Fashola Returning N400m not enough, Sagay tells Metuh NATION • EFCC recovers N1b from ex-ministers, INEC chiefs • When the President deploys his forefinger • Muhammad Ali at the Ring-side, 1985 • INEC employs blind ex-Corps member • No major link between Boko Haram, IS, says U.S. • Senate passes 11 bills in one year • How we killed army officer in Kaduna, by suspect • Npdc pipeline destroyed in Tompolo’s father’s village • Bank workers’ sack pits Labour against NECA • NECA tackles Ngige over sanction threats on banks • Banks agree to ‘cease fire’ • Work to begin on Lagos-Ibadan expressway next week, says Fashola Good morning. TGIF.

9/06/2016 YOU NEED ENEMIES While I was pondering about life, I discovered that: Sometimes, to succeed in life you need ENEMIES! Yes! You need people who will mock you, so that you can run to God. You need people who will try to intimidate you, so that you can be courageous. You need people who will say "NO" so that you can learn how to be independent...I mean how to do it yourself. You need people who will disappoint you so that you can put all your trust in God alone. You need people who will work towards you loosing that job, so that you can start your own big business. You need people who will sell your 'Joseph' so that 'you' can get to Egypt and be a Prime Minister in a strange land of captivity You need a cruel landlord, so that you won't be too comfortable in someone else's house, then you can build your own house on time. But sometimes, when we are disappointed, we feel very bad and we tend to remain on that spot. Not knowing that the end-point of disappointment is the beginning of your accomplishments. Understand this, "that every disappointment you once had came with a blessing!" However, it is not everyone that partakes in this blessing that I'm talking about. You cannot see a new OPEN door while you are still putting all your attention, time and energy in trying to force the closed one to open. And again I say, "No disappointment can ever come without an attached blessing!" So, when the disappointment come, thank God for it and tell "HIM" to open your eyes to see the new blessing that HE has for you! Disappointment is PHASE1 while accomplishment is PHASE2. I doubt if one can jump the protocols. That is why it is called BREAKTHROUGH Something must BREAK so that you can go THROUGH! Have a wonderful day🍞☕

NEWS UPDATES 8/06/2016

NEWSPAPER REVIEW, Wednesday, June 08, 2016 BLUE PRINT Niger Delta Avengers: Fg opts for dialogue Osinbajo, service chiefs meet South-South governors, others MEND accuses Jonathan of conspiracy Makarfi takes charge at PDP as Sheriff kicks GF appoints Anyanwu acting Auditor-General Reps summon Bello, Buratai over Kogi Assembly crisis Mass Sack: FG threatens erring banks Clinton ‘secures Democratic nomination’ NATIONAL MIRROR Diezani’s 155million dollars slush fund: EFCC arrests two more former ministers INEC gets 22 fresh party applications for registration Court remands Jonathan’s cousin in Kuje prisons Avengers bomb threat: Osinbajo holds security meeting with Service Chiefs, governors Navy arrests mastermind of NNPC, Chevron pipeline attack PDP BoT hands over secretariat to Makarfi Buhari writes Saraki, names Osinbajo acting President 4.8billion naira alleged fraud: Umar seeks out-of-court settlement AUTHORITY FG withdraws troops from Niger Delta communities.....Niger Delta Avengers’ leaders, others arrested NHRC probes alleged travel ban on Fayose 80 days after, EFCC arraigns Jonathan’s cousin, wife Igbo Woman’s Murder: Senate orders arrest of killers Sheriff absent as Makarfi takes charge of PDP Suspense as Benin crowns new Oba Abandoned projects: Bello to probe past administrations NFF CRISIS: Reps Committee seeks plenary decision NIGERIAN PILOT Oil hits 2016 high at 50.91 dollars.....driven by fallen Nigerian oil output, weaker dollar Osinbajo, Governors, Service Chiefs meet....U.S. Government worried over Niger Delta violence Resident doctors to begin indefinite nationwide strike tomorrow Southerners marginalized under Buhari, Yoruba elders tell North Senate grills Chevron Nigeria for 7.4billion dollars Gas-to-Liquid contract fraud Buhari’s vacation: Osinbajo is Acting President CCT Chairman, Umar wants return of Decree 2 NATION Ex- Super Eagles coach Keshi is dead Ex-Air chief seeks deal on alleged N7.8b laundering Alleged $40m fraud: Court remands Jonathan’s cousin, wife Navy arrests ‘key’ suspects in attacks on oil facilities Federal Govt threatens banks for sacking workers Last moments of drown students Agony, frustration trail soaring tomato prices, scarcity Atiku Abubakar’s formula for a ‘true federation’ Employers’ll pay 2% penalty fee on pension contribution default $10tr needed to end poverty in Nigeria, others, says ILO Power sector loses 3,956Mw to gas shortage 12m fake car insurance in use, says Senate PUNCH BREAKING: Former Super Eagles coach, Stephen Keshi dies at 54 Suspected killer of Addax employee arrested with skulls N23bn bribe: EFCC arrests two ex-ministers, PDP chiefs Militancy: Osinbajo meets Niger Delta governors, service chiefs Corporal kills, buries Inspector over three hundred thousand naira Headless corpse rattles Edo residents Aba tanker fire destroys vehicles Sheriff group kicks as PDP BoT endorses Makarfi Army warns Rivers cultists THISDAY Doctors to Begin Nationwide Strike Tomorrow FG to Stand Down Military in Niger Delta Delay Tactics Won’t Save You from Consequences, Tribunal Chairman Tells Saraki As CBN Extends Consultations, Naira Falls to N361/$1 Minister Rejects Dangote’s Ramadan Gifts for Vulnerable, Displaced Persons Okorocha, El-Rufai, Abubakar, Oyegun Meet Ohanaeze Leaders over Kano Killing, Herdsmen Senate Confirms Receiving Buhari’s Vacation Letter Alleged N4.8bn Fraud: Ex-Air Force Chief, Umar Opts for Out-of-Court Settlement Kogi Tribunal Dismisses Wada’s Petition against Yahaya Bello UN Says North-East Not Safe For Return of IDPs LEADERSHIP 8th Senate Best So Far – Saraki el-Rufai Makes Board Appointments In Kaduna Kogi Guber: Tribunal Dismisses Wada’s Petition Against Bello Stephen Keshi, Former Super Eagles Coach Dies At 54 Tambuwal To Provide 1000 Hectres As Grazing Reserve In Sokoto Benue’ll Not Borrow Money To Pay Salaries – Commissioner States’ Lawmakers Urge FG To Increase Recruitment Into Police Stop Abusing Patients’ Rights, MD FMC Keffi Urges Health Workers VANGUARD Bombing threats: Osinbajo meets S-South govs, service chiefs, others Breaking News: Former Super Eagles Coach Stephen Keshi Is Dead Navy Parades Bombing Kingpin, Others Two Children Suffocate In Locked Car Nigeria May Bungle Its Nuclear Energy Project If… Harvest Time: APC Delegates Turn PVCs Into ATM Cards PwC Rates Nigeria’s Tax Lowest Globally UNILAG Students Unaware Of Drowned Mates Schoolmistress Defiles 4-Yr-Old Female Pupil Tiwa Savage, Don Jazzy Meets Jay-Z In New York Over Management Deal Good morning. It's Mid-week. Have Yourself a beautiful day.

BREAKING NEWS: FORMER SUPER EAGLES COACH STEPHEN KESHI IS DEAD, may his soul rest in peace

Former Super Eagles Coach Stephen Keshi Is Dead Nigerian football icon Stephen Okechukwu Keshi died suddenly in the early hours of Wednesday in Benin City, Edo state, TheCable understands. The former international football player and coach had lost his wife of 33 years, Kate, last year after a prolonged battle with cancer. TheCable confirmed his death from a member of his family as well as one of his close associates. “He was not ill at all, never showed any signs of  illness, but we suspect he never got over the death of his wife,” a friend said. He is survived by four children and his mother. BY THE CABLEJUN 08, 2016 Nigerian football icon Stephen Okechukwu Keshi died suddenly in the early hours of Wednesday in Benin City, Edo state, TheCable understands. The former international football player and coach had lost his wife of 33 years, Kate, last year after a prolonged battle with cancer. TheCable confirmed his death from a member of his family as well as one of his close associates. “He was not ill at all, never showed any signs of  illness, but we suspect he never got over the death of his wife,” a friend said. He is survived by four children and his mother. Keshi, the only Nigerian coach to have won the Africa Cup of Nations, achieved a rare feat in 2013 by becoming only the second person to win the trophy both as a player and a coach. The only other person to have achieved the feat is Egypt’s Mahmoud El-Gohary. Keshi, a product of St. Finbarr’s College, Akoka, Lagos, started his playing career at a very young age at ACB Football Club, and later played for New Nigeria Bank, Stade d’Abidjan, Africa Sports, Lokeren, Anderlecht, RC Strasbourg, and a host of other clubs. He represented Nigeria from 1982, at age 20, till 1994, most of the time captaining the Super Eagles and scoring vital goals from his position as a central defender. He also coached Togo and Nigeria at the World Cup, as well as Mali. Keshi, nicknamed the “Big Boss” for his leadership skills, is the fifth member of the all-conquering 1994 team to die, following Uche Okafor, Thompson Oliha, Rashidi Yekini and Wilfred Agbonavbare. Follow us on twitter @thecableng

9 HEALTH BENEFIT OF BITTER COLA

6/06/2016 9 Reasons to eat Bitter Kola 2 02:44 A+ A- Garcinia Kola which is commonly known as bitter kola has amazing health benefits which some of us are yet to discover. This tropical flowering plant is common in Cameroon, Nigeria and other parts of central and West Africa. The fruit, seed, nut and bark of the bitter kola tree has been used for long in treating and preventing diseases. 1 It relieves arthritis Bitter kola helps to relieve arthritis by reducing swelling, inflammation, pain and increases movement around the joint. 2 Bitter kola is an anti-poison Eating bitter kola after eating any food suspected to have bacteria will prevent infection and poison. Chew bitter kola to detoxify your system when food poisoning is suspected. 3 Treatment of cough, cold and catarrh Chew bitter kola to relieve the symptoms of cough, could and catarrh. 4 Reduces eye pressure (glaucoma) Bitter kola is able to reduce swelling associated with eye pressure due to its anti-inflammatory properties. 5 Helps in weight loss: bitter Kola suppresses hunger and stimulates the thirst for water and it can be used when trying to lose weight. 6 Alleviation of malaria symptoms Studies have shown that bitter kola is able to relieve symptoms of malaria. 7 Detoxification Bitter kola is able to cleanse the liver and entire body system especially from poisonous substances. 8 Immunity Due to its anti-inflammatory, antibacterial and antioxidant properties, consuming Garcinia regularly can offer immunity against some infections. 9 Lowering blood glucose levels Some studies show that chewing bitter kola is able to reduce elevated levels of blood glucose in the body A study conducted on rats showed that excessive consumption of bitter kola may partially block ovulation. This study was published in the Nigerian Journal of Physiological Science.

Breaking: Niger Delta group vows to bomb Aso Rock, National Assembly, NNPC, others

Breaking: Niger Delta group vows to bomb Aso Rock, National Assembly, NNPC, others
Niger Delta group, the Joint Niger Delta Liberation Force, on Monday reiterated its decision to unleash six missiles on the country.
The missiles, according to the JNDLF last week, would be released on Tuesday (tomorrow).
In a statement on Monday, the group named its targets, advising those occupying the buildings to vacate them.
Top on the list of the target of the militants, according to the statement, are the Presidential Villa in Abuja; the headquarters of the Department of State Services, also in Abuja; the Defence Headquarters, Abuja; National Assembly, Abuja; and the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Towers, Abuja.
Others include the Police Headquarters in Abuja; Central Bank of Nigeria; headquarters of some multinational oil companies; and the Supreme Court and Court of Appeal headquarters.
The statement, signed by General Akotebe Darikoro, Commander, General Duties; General Torunanaowei Latei, Creeks Network Coordinator; General Agbakakuro Owei-Tauro, Pipelines Bleeding Expert; and General Pulokiri Ebiladei, Intelligence Bureau, said the decision to notify the occupants of the buildings to vacate them was because the aim of their struggle was not to destroy lives.
The statement, unedited, reads in full:
“In our final meeting it was resolved that the Nigerian Communication Satellite Orbit should be shut down so that it will avoid the cause of
electronic radiation to human lives.
“Also, the followings occupants of these buildings should as a matter of urgency vacate in them immediately IN THEIR OWN INTEREST to save their lives because our fight is not for ANY HUMAN BLOOD but to destroy all those infrastructures that were built with our oil and gas monies in this country. We will make federal government and oil companies to suffer as they have made the people of Niger Delta region suffers over the years from environmental degradation, and environmental pollution.
They include:
1. STATE HOUSE, VILLA- ABUJA
2. DEFENCE HEADQUARTERS
3. DSS HEADQUARTERS
4. POLICE HEADQUARTERS
5. NATIONAL ASSENBLY
6. NNPC TOWERS
7. CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA
8. SUPREME COURT/APPEAL COURT
9. AGIP HEADQUARTERS, ABUJA
10. SHELL HEADQUARERS, LAGOS
11. CHEVRON HEADQUARTERS, LAGOS
12. EXXON MOBIL, LAGOS
13. NLNG, LAGOS & ABUJA OFFICES
14. KADUNA REFINERY
15. ALL MILITARY FORMATIONS IN ABUJA, LAGOS, KADUNA, BENUE, ETC.
“We shall fire these Missiles’ simultaneously at the night, as this will enable every Nigerians to see the movement of the MISSILES and equally to believe us of our seriousness attached to the final breakup as predicted by the United States of America (USA).
“We equally advise the Diplomatic Community to be neutral on this issue as wrong comments against us will be seen as saboteurs. Where they are staying presently will not be affected which is not part of our targeted areas of destruction in the country.
“We shall embarrass the self acclaimed Nigerian Air Force with their recent deployment of fighter aircraft, helicopter gunship and surveillance aircraft when at this digital age, countries are talking about Missile development, and they still condescend so low of their present obsolete equipment. This is sad indeed!”
“Note, we are going to destroy the ones they have deployed to Escravos, Forcados in Delta State; Bonga oil field, Agbami offshore and Brass in Bayelsa; Bony in Rivers; Qua Iboe Terminal in Akwa Ibom State, and Opuekeba in Ondo State if they fails to remove them before time. Our crack team has taken inventory of their equipments. Even the present suffering from a rare ear disease known as Meniere’s disease by President Muhammadu Buhari will not win any sympathy to save our action against the federal government.
The name Nigeria as a country will come to an end this week.
“The so called military operations code named ‘OPERATION PULO SHIELD’ in the Niger Delta region who our partners in the oil bunkering activities, because presently without been told the former JTF Commander, Major-General Emmanuel Atewe who was arrested by the EFCC last week over pipelines surveillance contract amounts to N8.2 billion in the region, is an eye opener to the federal government that the military are fully involved in illegal bunkering in the area.
They only destroy those who could not afford their bidding and further lobby to come to the Niger Delta region because of what they are gaining from the area.
“Imagine, an Army private’s and corporals from the North could build business plaza of 3 storeys with several estate and other buildings including exotic cars to the detriment of the region? The Pharaoh of Nigeria (Buhari) should take the counsel of sycophants and jesters around him of the region especially Mr.
Ayiri Emami and Professor Ita Sagey who are presently in our searchlight. The founder of the Niger Delta Ex-Agitators, Israel Akpodoro, is a dead man and that he should not hide for linking former President, Goodluck Jonathan and Governor Seriake Dickson with the Avengers. We are not in ANY community, the Military can’t locate Tompolo but we have identified where he is now.
“Presently, Tompolo is in Libya and we’ll get him dead or alive for betraying us in supporting the federal government against us.
“Nigerian Military has weak intelligence gathering mechanism hence they could not identify our modu oparandi. Nigerian military is only good in carrying AK47 to harass innocent people and raping young girls and women.
“If the oil companies especially Shell and Chevron spents billions of naira to only undertake repairs of damaged oil and gas pipelines in the region, when such funds were better channeled for the payments of Bonga oil spill in 2011 and Chevron gas explosion in Koluama, Bayelsa state in 2012 would have saved them from these bombing and their present predicament would have been a thing of the past. Since they don’t want to hear, we’ll continue to break the pipelines until they do the needful for our old parents at home because that is the only language the companies and federal government hears in the country from the region.”

Photo of a Baby born with his heart outside his body in Yobe state yesterday

June 6/06/2016
 A woman in Yobe state yesterday June 5th, gave birth to a baby boy with his heart outside his chest. According to Hausa news platform, Rariya, the woman gave birth in her home but was immediately rushed to the University Teaching Hospital, Maiduguri, Borno State for proper medical attention.

PRAYER FOR ALL WOMEN BELIEVING GOD FOR THE FRUIT OF THE WOMB

For all women that have being believeing God for the fruit of the womb, i stand on the existing word of God which says there shall be no barrenness in the land, therefore i decree and declare that before the end of this year, you will be pregnant and will deliver like the Hebrew women in Jesus name. Am also asking God to bless you with triplets like these babies, say amen with your whole heart and it shall be so.

5/06/2016 Naval officer, 18 others killed as gunmen invade Rivers 4 hours ago – Suspected cult members invaded some communities in Rivers state killing several people – Members of Greenlanders cult carried out coordinated attacks in Aluu community based on information that some members of a rival cult, Icelanders were taking refuge there – Nineteen people were killed in Aluu community, including a naval officer – Four people suspected to be cultists were killed in Obite community Nineteen people were killed by gunmen suspected to be cultist in Aluu community in Ikwerre Local Government Area and Obite community in Etche council area of Rivers state. The Punch reports that two rival cult groups invaded the communities on Saturday, June 4, and engaged each other in a free-for-all. The gunmen, believed to be of members of Greenlanders cult, invaded Aluu in reprisal against a rival group, Icelanders and killed 15 people, including a nursing mother. Also killed was a naval officer, who was among the Joint Task Force team that went to the area to bring the situation under control. READ ALSO: Just In: Unknown gunmen attack Rivers community, kill 8 The gunmen reportedly killed several people in Omuoda village. They also killed four of their victims who were suspected to be cultists in Omuahunwo village. A source who spoke on condition of anonymity said: “Some cult members believed to be members of Greenlanders entered the community and killed some people. The boys operated in a very terrible manner. They went to a supermarket where people usually go to buy something and opened fire on over six people. Some people narrowly escaped with gun wounds. We do not know the cause of the killings, although we suspected that it is a cult war.” Four people suspected to be members of the Greenlanders were allegedly killed by the Icelanders in Obite. An anonymous source said: “At the moment, people are running away and nobody knows who is who. The cult boys entered the community by 8am and started shooting the people they described as their enemies. “The Icelanders boys were the ones that shot the Degbam boys, but the fear now is that the Degbam cult group has written a letter to the community, asking the residents to flee because they are going to revenge.” Some people in the affected communities are said to have fled their homes as a result of the incident. When contacted, the caretaker chairman of Ikwerre LGA, Samuel Nwanosike, stated that the normalcy had been restored in the area, adding that reports about the incident were overblown. READ ALSO: Unknown men attack Olumba Olumba virgins, read what they did to the ladies He said some of the hoodlums responsible for the unrest have been arrested by security operatives. When contacted, the state assistant public relations officer, Grace Iringe-Koko, said she was yet to be briefed about the incident. Gunemen attacks in Rivers state is becoming a source of worry to the government. On Saturday, June 4, report surfaced that a bus driver and six persons on a journey from Buguma to Port Harcourt were attacked by unknown gunmen. Last month, five police officers were said to have gone missing during an ambush by some gunmen in Okujagu community, Okrika local government area of Rivers state

N300millon goes missing in Senate president - Saraki's bedroom

₦300million Goes Missing From Senate President Saraki's Bedroom, Police Arrest Aides And Accountant The Nigeria police in Ilorin questioned and then released several domestic aides as well as some members of the security detail assigned to Senate President Bukola Saraki in connection with the mysterious disappearance of N300 million from the senator’s bedroom in Ilorin, capital of Kwara State. by SAHARAREPORTERS, NEW YORK Jun 04, 2016 The Nigeria police in Ilorin questioned and then released several domestic aides as well as some members of the security detail assigned to Senate President Bukola Saraki in connection with the mysterious disappearance of N300 million from the senator’s bedroom in Ilorin, capital of Kwara State. An investigation by SaharaReporters confirmed that the money that went missing at the home of Mr. Saraki in Ilorin had just been ferried there by the state government in different foreign exchange denominations. SaharaReporters learned that Mr. Saraki called on Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed to provide the cash to enable the senator to provide largesse to his supporters in Ilorin at the start of the Ramadan season. This is not the first time that a gargantuan sum of cash connected to Mr. Saraki grew wings and disappeared. Last year, agents of the Department of State Security (DSS) attached to the embattled Senate President stole a huge sum of money that the owner of a bureau de change, who is a cousin of former military Head of State, Abdulsalami Abubakar, was ferrying to Mr. Saraki. Several months after their arrest, the DSS agents have yet to be formally charged to court for robbery, SaharaReporters found out. A source within the agency told our correspondent that the DSS and Mr. Saraki were colluding to cover up the case. “Senator Saraki does not want the public to start asking questions about the source of the money. And the DSS does not want the role of our agents to become public knowledge,” the source disclosed. Two reliable sources in Ilorin confirmed the latest heist of the illicit cash approved by Governor Ahmed of Kwara State and sent to Mr. Saraki’s home in the state capital. Mr. Saraki, a former governor of Kwara State, had anointed Mr. Ahmed as his successor. One of our sources claimed that this was the second time in a month that large sums of money disappeared from the Senate President’s Ilorin mansion. A police source in the state disclosed that detectives had quizzed and released the accountant to Mr. Saraki and several of his security and domestic aides. The source added that their hasty release was apparently a measure to ensure that the financial scandal did not attract publicity or media attention.

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

5/06/2016 😭Hmmmmmmmm😭 food for thought!!!!!. This is a master piece.  If you have not read it take the time to read it now.  If you have read it take time to read it again!  GEORGE CARLIN  (His wife recently died....)          Isn't it amazing that George Carlin - comedian of the 70's and 80's - could write something so very eloquent...and so very appropriate.   A Message by George Carlin:  The paradox of our time in history is that we have taller buildings but shorter tempers, wider Freeways , but narrower viewpoints. We spend more, but have less, we buy more, but enjoy less. We have bigger houses and smaller families, more conveniences, but less time. We have more degrees but less sense, more knowledge, but less judgment, more experts, yet more problems, more medicine, but less wellness.  We drink too much, smoke too much, spend too recklessly, laugh too little, drive too fast, get too angry, stay up too late, get up too tired, read too little, watch TV too much, and pray too seldom.  We have multiplied our possessions, but reduced our values. We talk too much, love too seldom, and hate too often.  We've learned how to make a living, but not a life. We've added years to life not life to years. We've been all the way to the moon and back, but have trouble crossing the street to meet a new neighbor. We conquered outer space but not inner space. We've done larger things, but not better things.  We've cleaned up the air, but polluted the soul. We've conquered the atom, but not our prejudice. We write more, but learn less. We plan more, but accomplish less. We've learned to rush, but not to wait. We build more computers to hold more information, produce more copies than ever, but we communicate less and less.  These are the times of fast foods and slow digestion, big men and small character, steep profits and shallow relationships. These are the days of two incomes but more divorce, fancier houses, but broken homes. These are days of quick trips, disposable diapers, throwaway morality, one night stands, overweight bodies, and pills that do everything from cheer, to quiet, to kill. It is a time when there is much in the showroom window and nothing in the stockroom. A time when technology can bring this letter to you, and a time when you can choose either to share this insight, or to just hit delete...  Remember; spend some time with your loved ones, because they are not going to be around forever.  Remember, say a kind word to someone who looks up to you in awe, because that little person soon will grow up and leave your side.  Remember, to give a warm hug to the one next to you, because that is the only treasure you can give with your heart and it doesn't cost a cent.  Remember, to say, 'I love you' to your partner and your loved ones, but most of all mean it. An embrace will mend hurt when it comes from deep inside of you.  Remember to hold hands and cherish the moment for someday that person will not be there again.  Give time to love, give time to speak! And give time to share the precious thoughts in your mind.  AND ALWAYS REMEMBER:  Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away. . George Carlin

NEWS UPDATES, 5/06/2016

NEWSPAPER HEADLINES, SUNDAY June 05, 2016. SUNDAY TELEGRAPH Redeemed Camp turns refugee site....heart breaking story of occupants Buhari’s crush mentality will drown Nigeria Boko Haram plans ‘large scale bombing during Ramadan—DHQ Gunmen on rampage in Rivers, kill two soldiers, 22 others Buhari recovers 1.92trillion naira from treasury looters Missile launch threat: NLNG, Bonga in danger MASSOB: We’ll support Avengers....zero oil output looms, worst spill in history imminent More communities would be dislocated...Military on red alert Fulani Herdsmen write Imo community, threaten reprisal World mourns Muhammad Ali SUNDAY SUN Looted funds: 116billion naira cash, 239 property recovered Details of assets seized in Nigeria, overseas Father beats son to death for love to sister Oil Well Bombings: 2016 Budget endangered Niger Delta Avengers widens battlefront....warns militants against missile launch Restructuring: Forget Regional Autonomy Terrorists plan bombings during Ramadan---DHQ warns NATION Looters return N78billion, $185m, £3 million to FG MUHAMMAD ALI (1942-2016) The Greatest loses the final fight Presidency: Buhari is not sick Ambode blames soldiers for attack on mother’s residence South African with cocaine in brassiere arrested at Lagos airport Genocide: Never again in Rwanda Atiku on Buhari and restructuring The Fulani menace is pan-Nigeria Overwhelmed Nigeria needs to snap out of paralysis Ondo guber: PDP needs to be united – Olanipekun Two killed as Ogbe-ljoh/Aladja resume hostilities in Delta I’m on strike too, says Fayose PUNCH Abdulsalami ignored MKO’s health till he died — Abiola’s son Gunmen kill naval officer, 18 others in Rivers Nigerians tell Buhari: Name, shame looters, mere figures not enough Buhari to implement Yar’Adua’s agreement with Niger Delta militants Presidency, APC reject calls for restructuring Troops kill top Boko Haram leader, 18 others in Borno We won’t kill, kidnap anybody — Niger Delta Avengers My wife can spot ‘dangerous’ female fans —James Omokwe National Assembly: One year, many yells LEADERSHIP APC Youth Group Hails Hon Udende’s Defection TSA: Govt Has Mopped Up N3trn – Group Pipeline Vandalism: Delta Loses N2.6bn To Militants’ Attacks NDLEA Apprehends S/African Woman With Cocaine At Lagos Airport el-Rufai Flags Off Fertilizer Sales Ambode Denies Kidnap Attempt On Mother Fayose Embarks On Solidarity Strike With Ekiti Workers 2 Policemen In Gov Lalong Convoy Die In Road Accident THIS DAY Keeping His Promise, Buhari Announces Recovery of N3.4 Trillion in One Year Blasphemy Murder: Outrage Mounts as Buhari, IG Pledge Speedy Justice Fayose Joins Ekiti Workers on Indefinite Strike The Amazing Friendship between Otunba Fasawe and Atiku Abubakar Muhammad Ali: Exit of The Greatest Presidents Buhari, Obama, Clinton, Others Eulogise Muhammed Ali Ambode Denies Kidnap Attempt on Mother IG Approves Fresh Posting for 9 Commissioners of Police Oronsaye: Case Adjourned till June 13 for Further Hearing Troops Kill Boko Haram Commander, 30 Terrorists in Borno DHQ: Terrorist Plan Bombings During Ramadan NDA: NAF Deploys Additional Aircraft against N’Delta Militants South African Woman Nabbed with Cocaine at Lagos Airport 2.5m Youths to Receive Training on Agro-biz in South-east SUNDAY SPORTING SUN Messi opens up.....The true story of my life Eagles reject Botswana friendly No regrets over Nigeria switch Iwobi I never visited any Prophet—Onazi Gunners offer Vardy 120,000 pounds weekly deal Denmark batters ‘sorry’ Dream Team Good Night: Ali the greatest...The life and Times of a Legend Special Report: Europe’s top flops of the season(happy Sunday!

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🎯这篇太值得看了！ This is really worth your reading! 祝身体永远健康，香港伊利沙伯医院临床肿瘤科唐志聪医生编写 : Wishing you good health always - Doctor Tang from St. Elizabeth Hospital, Hong Kong wrote this: ⛄}《人，只要脾、肝、大肠、肾，四个功能健康，就能永远离开癌症、糖尿病、心脏病、高血压。 We, human being, as long as our spleen, liver, large intestine and kidney are healthy, we will be far away from cancer, diabetes, heart attack and high blood pressure. 🌷}脾，一定要健康。 Keeping the Spleen healthy must be top priority. 如果有病，就先恢复脾的功能。 Once you are sick, you must work on the recovery of your spleen first. 每天三餐，五谷杂粮一定要占总饮食的 50％，一定要养成这个习惯。 Our daily three meals should contain 50% of grains/wheat/brown rice, must learn to make it as part of our eating habit and diet. 🍚}杂粮就是红豆、黄豆、绿豆、薏仁，这些都是杂粮类，莲子也很好，有了这个概念之后，脾好肝就好。 Grain crops are red bean, soya bean, green bean and Chinese Pearl barley. Lotus seeds are also good. Once your spleen is good, your liver will automatically be healthy. 🕙}脾在造血，一天有两个重要的时间，就是子时24:00和午时12:00，所以，你该休息的时候一定要休息。 ..现在的人，大部分都是肝不好，为什么不好？ Spleen is the organ that is manufacturing blood. The important schedules for processing are 12:00 am and 12:00 pm. Thus, when you need to rest, you must rest. Nowadays, they are a lot of people who are having liver problems. Why is it? ..晚睡、吃油炸的东西、坏脾气，这三个正是肝的三大克星。 Sleeping late, eating oily and fried foods and bad mood, these are the three nemesis. 🐷}油包肝，你吃油的东西，油把整个肝包住，肝的功能完全丧失了，所以说，我们不要吃得太油腻。 When you eat oily foods, oil will cover up your whole liver, your liver will loss its functions. 🚶}当我们身体感觉不适的时候，此时疾病正在纠正人的过失，用身体的痛苦管教他，有痛苦的时候，代表我们要改变自己的生活方式。 🚽每天早上，你上厕所感觉很困难，这个表示什么？ When we are feeling uncomfortable, the sickness is coming to rectify our negligence, using pain to educate us, we must change our way of living. Every morning, do you find difficulty to pass motion? What does that mean? 🍃}你身体纤维素摄取量完全不足。 Your intake of fibre is not enough. ..万病之源，都是从你的大肠不能正常排泄开始。 Thousands of sickness main problems are caused by the inability to perform daily passing motion through the large intestine. ..如果你的大肠很好，那你早上应该不是自己醒过来，而是被大肠的蠕动叫醒，大肠蠕动在叫你了，为什么？ If your large intestine is good form, in the morning, you will be woken up by the movement of your large intestine calling you. Why? ..因为五到七点就是大肠最活跃的时间，所以为什么我们告诉癌症病人一定要晚上九点睡，因为你的大肠早上六点到七点的时候自然就会蠕动，叫你起床，蹲马桶了。 Because 5:00 am to 7:00 am, our large intestine is most actively performing it's functions. That's why we inform cancer patients must go to sleep at 9:00 pm. Because large intestine will automatically wake you up between 6:00 am to 7:00 am to sit on the toilet bowl. 💩}你一天要上几次厕所才够？ How many times you must go to toilet everyday? 请记住：如果四、五天才上一次厕所，叫重度便秘； Please remember, if it's 4-5 days, you are seriously in constipated. 两三天上一次厕所，这个叫中度便秘； 2-3 days once, considered as medium level of constipation. 一天上一次厕所，叫轻度便秘。 Once a day is mild constipation. ..食物进入体内十二小时，没有排出去，就会形成毒素。 Once the foods is maintained inside our stomach for 12 hours, it became poisonous particles. 因为毒素没有排出去，我们的大肠壁就会吸收这个毒素，吸收以后，透过静脉又送回肝脏去，糟糕了！ 造成肝亏损，这个问题就很严重了。 Because the poisonous particles are not passing out, it will be absorbed by the large intestinal wall, which then will send back to the liver, thus, damaging our liver. This will create a serious problem. 💝}肝不好跟大肠有直接关联，只要大肠一通顺，肝就会好了，免疫系统也跟着恢复，而且送到心脏的血都是干净的，所以什么病都不容易罹患。 There is a direct relationship between our liver and large intestine. Once our large intestine is passable, liver will get recover, and build-up our antibody. Then, blood delivery to heart will be clean and no sickness will attack you. ..当一个人感觉到每天很容易疲倦、很容易累，表示你的肝功能已经出现问题了，血已经没有办法回流到肝！ When you always feel tired or very easy to get tired, that means you are having problems with the liver, your blood is unable to return back to your liver. 💪}你身体健康靠的是什么？ What is your health depending on? 💤}睡眠的时间，脾去收集血液，送到肝脏去解毒，解毒以后，干净的血液送到心脏去，心脏再送到全身，就能获得营养，就能获得健康。 While you are sleeping, your spleen is going to collect blood and deliver to the liver for dialysis. After cleaning and filtering up the poisonous particles, it will then deliver to the heart, the heart will then despatch throughout your body. You then received nutrients and get healthy. 💨}很不幸的是，现代很多人脾已经先出现问题，脾本身就不收集血液。 Unfortunately, nowadays people are having problems with their spleen. Spleen itself is not storing blood. 只有一个办法最养脾，五谷最养脾，可是现代身体为什么都这么差，身体这么多病？ There is only one method to maintain healthy spleen, eating grains/oat/wheat are the most effective way. Why modern body is so poor, with so many sicknesses? ..因为都不吃五谷杂粮，吃汉堡、炸鸡、牛排、薯条，又吃白米饭，所以你要吃造物主原创的食物，一定要吃五谷杂粮，原始的杂粮，比如糙米等。 Because they don't eat grains/oat, they eat burgers, fried chicken, steak, French fries, white rice. You must eat the source foods like brown rice, oat, wheat. ⛳}恢复四大功能，永远离开病苦! Recovering back the functionality of the four main organs, sickness will leave you. 😍}用心多看几次！ 好好照顾自己！ 》 这周是世界好友周，如果你愿意，请把这条信息发给你所有的好朋友 。 Be patient and read this over several times and take good care of yourselves. This week is "world friendship week", send this message to all of your good friends. ..当大部分人都在关注你飞得高不高时，只有少部分人关心你飞得累不累，这就是 友情。 Most people are noticing how high you can fly, but very few people are taking note of how tired you are? 👯}再忙，也要照顾好自己， 朋友虽不常联系，却一直 惦念。 However busy you are, you must take good care of yourself. Though friends are not always communicating with you but they have you in their mind. 👕}天凉时记着多穿衣！ When the weather is cold, you must wear enough to keep warm. ❤}世界好友快乐！ Happy world friendship day! ☕}少喝奶茶、远离正在充电的电源。 Drink less milk tea and stay far away from charging port. ☕}白天多喝水，晚上少喝，一天不喝多于两杯的咖啡。 Day time drink more water, night time drink less. One day shouldn't drink more than 2 cups of coffee. 🍔}少吃油多的食物， 最佳睡眠为晚上十点至早上六点 Eat less oily foods. Best sleeping times are from 10:00 pm to 6:00 am. 🍸}晚上五点后少吃大餐，每天喝酒不超过一杯。 Evening time, don't eat too much after 5:00 pm. Don't drink more than one cup of alcoholic drink per day. 💊}不用冷水服胶囊， 睡前半小时服药忌立刻躺下。 Don't eat medicines with cold water, eat medicines half hour before going to bed. Never eat medicines immediately laying down. ⛺}睡眠不足八小时人会变笨。 Don't sleep for less than 8 hours per day. 👍}午睡习惯的人不易老。 Having nap in the noon hour will keep you young and not age easily. 📲}手机电池剩一格时不要打电话， 剩一格时辐射是平时的一千倍。 Once your handphone battery is left with only one bar, don't make calls anymore, because the radiation wave is one thousand times higher than fully charged battery. 👂}要用左耳接电话， 用右耳会直接伤害到大脑。 Use your left ear to answer calls, right ear will directly hurt your brain. 💪}2016新概念 一个中心：一切以健康为中心。 New Concept in 2016, good health is most important, much more than any other things. ✌}两个基本点： 遇事潇洒一点， 看世事胡涂一点。 Two basic points: greet everything in life with an elegant and cheerful approach. 🙏}三个忘记： 忘记年龄，忘记过去，忘记恩怨。 Three things need to forget: forget your age, forget your past and forget your grievances. 👋}四个拥有： 无论你有多弱或多强，一定要: 拥有真正爱你的人， 拥有知心的朋友 ， 拥有向上的事业， 拥有温暖的住所。 Four things you must have. No matter how weak or how strong you are, you must have: people who are truly loving you, have caring friends, progressive business or employment and a warm home. ✋}五个要： 要唱，要跳，要俏，要笑，要苗 Five things you do : Singing, dancing, charming, smiling and growing. 👌}六个不能： 不能饿了才吃， 不能渴了才喝， 不能困了才睡， 不能累了才歇， 不能病了才检查， 不能老了再后悔。 Six things you don't : don't eat until you are hungry, don't wait till you are thirsty then you drink, don't feel sleepy then sleep, don't feel tired then rest, don't get sick then go for medical check-up, don't get senior then only regret. 😁}..看到了，发给每一个你珍惜的朋友... After reading, forward this to everyone of your cherished friends and rela[truncated by WhatsApp]

COMPREHENSIVE LIST OF ALL NIGERIAN TRIBES SND THE STATES WHERE THEY LIVE

5/06/2026 Below is a comprehensive list of all Nigerian Tribes and the States where they live… 1 Abayon Cross River 2 Abua (Odual) Rivers 3 Achipa (Achipawa) Kebbi 4 Adim Cross River 5 Adun Cross River 6 Affade Yobe 7 Afizere Plateau 8 Afo Plateau 9 Agbo Cross River 10 Akaju-Ndem (Akajuk) Cross River 11 Akweya-Yachi Benue 12 Alago (Arago) Piateau 13 Amo Plateau 14 Anaguta Plateau 15 Anang Akwa lbom 16 Andoni Akwa lbom, Rivers 17 Angas Bauchi, Jigawa, Plateau 18 Ankwei Plateau 19 Anyima Cross River 20 Attakar (ataka) Kaduna 21 Auyoka (Auyokawa) Jigawa 22 Awori Lagos, Ogun 23 Ayu Kaduna 24 Babur Adamawa, Bomo, Taraba, Yobe 25 Bachama Adamawa 26 Bachere Cross River 27 Bada Plateau 28 Bade Yobe 29 Bahumono Cross River 30 Bakulung Taraba 31 Bali Taraba 32 Bambora (Bambarawa) Bauchi 33 Bambuko Taraba 34 Banda (Bandawa) Taraba 35 Banka (Bankalawa) Bauchi 36 Banso (Panso) Adamawa 37 Bara (Barawa) Bauchi 38 Barke Bauchi 39 Baruba (Barba) Niger 40 Bashiri (Bashirawa) Plateau 41 Bassa Kaduna, Kogi, Niger, Plateau 42 Batta Adamawa 43 Baushi Niger 44 Baya Adamawa 45 Bekwarra Cross River 46 Bele (Buli, Belewa) Bauchi 47 Betso (Bete) Taraba 48 Bette Cross River 49 Bilei Adamawa 50 Bille Adamawa 51 Bina (Binawa) Kaduna 52 Bini Edo 53 Birom Plateau 54 Bobua Taraba 55 Boki (Nki) Cross River 56 Bkkos Plateau 57 Boko (Bussawa, Bargawa) Niger 58 Bole (Bolewa) Bauchi, Yobe 59 Botlere Adamawa 60 Boma (Bomawa, Burmano) Bauchi 61 Bomboro Bauchi 62 Buduma Borno, Niger 63 Buji Plateau 64 Buli Bauchi 65 Bunu Kogi 66 Bura Adamawa 67 Burak Bauchi 68 Burma (Burmawa) Plateau 69 Buru Yobe 70 Buta (Butawa) Bauchi 71 Bwall Plateau 72 Bwatiye Adamawa 73 Bwazza Adamawa 74 Challa Plateau 75 Chama (Chamawa Fitilai) Bauchi 76 Chamba Taraba 77 Chamo Bauchi 78 Chibok (Chibbak) Yobe 79 Chinine Borno 80 Chip Plateau 81 Chokobo Plateau 82 Chukkol Taraba 83 Daba Adamawa 84 Dadiya Bauchi 85 Daka Adamawa 86 Dakarkari Niger, Kebbi 87 Danda (Dandawa) Kebbi 88 Dangsa Taraba 89 Daza (Dere, Derewa) Bauchi 90 Degema Rivers 91 Deno (Denawa) Bauchi 92 Dghwede Bomo 93 Diba Taraba 94 Doemak (Dumuk) Plateau 95 Ouguri Bauchi 96 Duka (Dukawa) Kebbi 97 Duma (Dumawa) Bauchi 98 Ebana (Ebani) Rivers 99 Ebirra (lgbirra) Edo, Kogi, Ondo 100 Ebu Edo, Kogi 101 Efik Cross River 102 Egbema Rivers 103 Egede (lgedde) Benue 104 Eggon Plateau 105 Egun (Gu) Lagos,Ogun 106 Ejagham Cross River 107 Ekajuk Cross River 108 Eket Akwa Ibom 109 Ekoi Cross River 110 Engenni (Ngene) Rivers 111 Epie Rivers 112 Esan (Ishan) Edo 113 Etche Rivers 114 Etolu (Etilo) Benue 115 Etsako Edo 116 Etung Cross River 117 Etuno Edo 118 Palli Adamawa 119 Pulani (Pulbe) Bauchi, Borno, Jigawa , Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Kebbi , Niger, Sokoto, Taraba, Yobe, etc. 120 Fyam (Fyem) Plateau 121 Fyer(Fer) Plateau 122 Ga’anda Adamawa 123 Gade Niger 124 Galambi Bauchi 125 Gamergu-Mulgwa Bomo 126 Qanawuri Plateau 127 Gavako Borno 128 Gbedde Kogi 129 Gengle Taraba 130 Geji Bauchi 131 Gera (Gere, Gerawa) Bauchi 132 Geruma (Gerumawa) Plateau 133 Geruma (Gerumawa) Bauchi 134 Gingwak Bauchi 135 Gira Adamawa 136 Gizigz Adamawa 137 Goernai Plateau 138 Gokana (Kana) Rivers 139 Gombi Adamawa 140 Gornun (Gmun) Taraba 141 Gonia Taraba 142 Gubi (Gubawa) Bauchi 143 Gude Adamawa 144 Gudu Adamawa 145 Gure Kaduna 146 Gurmana Niger 147 Gururntum Bauchi 148 Gusu Plateau 149 Gwa (Gurawa) Adamawa 150 Gwamba Adamawa 151 Gwandara Kaduna, Niger, Plateau 152 Gwari (Gbari) Kaduna, Niger, Plateau 153 Gwom Taraba 154 Gwoza (Waha) Bomo 155 Gyem Bauchi 156 Hausa Bauchi, Borno, Jigawa, Kaduna,Kano, Kastina, Kebbi, Niger,Taraba, Sokoto, etc 157 Higi (Hig) Borno, Adamawa 158 Holma Adamawa 159 Hona Adamawa 160 Ibeno Akwa lbom 161 Ibibio Akwa lbom 162 Ichen Adamawa 163 Idoma Benue, Taraba 164 Igalla Kogi 165 lgbo Abia, Anambra, Benue, Delta, Ebonyi,Enugu, Imo, Rivers 166 ljumu Kogi 167 Ikorn Cross River 168 Irigwe Plateau 169 Isoko Delta 170 lsekiri (Itsekiri) Delta 171 lyala (lyalla) Cross River 172 lzondjo) Bayelsa, Delta, Ondo, Rivers 173 Jaba Kaduna 174 Jahuna (Jahunawa) Taraba 175 Jaku Bauchi 176 Jara (Jaar Jarawa Jarawa-Dutse) Bauchi 177 Jere (Jare, Jera, Jera, Jerawa) Bauchi, Plateau 178 Jero Taraba 179 Jibu Adamawa 180 Jidda-Abu Plateau 181 Jimbin (Jimbinawa) Bauchi 182 Jirai Adamawa 183 Jonjo (Jenjo) Taraba 184 Jukun Bauchi, Benue,Taraba, Plateau 185 Kaba(Kabawa) Taraba 186 Kadara Taraba 187 Kafanchan Kaduna 188 Kagoro Kaduna 189 Kaje (Kache) Kaduna 190 Kajuru (Kajurawa) Kaduna 191 Kaka Adamawa 192 Kamaku (Karnukawa) Kaduna, Kebbi, Niger 193 Kambari Kebbi, Niger 194 Kambu Adamawa 195 Kamo Bauchi 196 Kanakuru (Dera) Adamawa, Borno 197 Kanembu Bomo 198 Kanikon Kaduna 199 Kantana Plateau 200 Kanufi Kaduna, Adamawa, Bomo, Kano,Niger, Jigawa, Plateau, Taraba, Yobe 201 Karekare (Karaikarai) Bauchi, Yobe 202 Karimjo Taraba 203 Kariya Bauchi 204 Katab (Kataf) Kaduna 205 Kenern (Koenoem) Plateau 206 Kenton Taraba 207 Kiballo (Kiwollo) Kaduna 208 Kilba Adamawa 209 Kirfi (Kirfawa) Bauchi 210 Koma Taraba 211 Kona Taraba 212 Koro (Kwaro) Kaduna, Niger 213 Kubi (Kubawa) Bauchi 214 Kudachano (Kudawa) Bauchi 215 Kugama Taraba 216 Kulere (Kaler) Plateau 217 Kunini Taraba 218 Kurama Jigawa, Kaduna, Niger, Plateau 219 Kurdul Adamawa 220 Kushi Bauchi 221 Kuteb Taraba 222 Kutin Taraba 223 Kwalla Plateau 224 Kwami (Kwom) Bauchi 225 Kwanchi Taraba 226 Kwanka (Kwankwa) Bauchi, Plateau 227 Kwaro Plateau 228 Kwato Plateau 229 Kyenga (Kengawa) Sokoto 230 Laaru (Larawa) Niger 231 Lakka Adamawa 232 Lala Adamawa 233 Lama Taraba 234 Lamja Taraba 235 Lau Taraba 236 Ubbo Adamawa 237 Limono Bauchi, Plateau 238 Lopa (Lupa, Lopawa) Niger 239 Longuda (Lunguda) Adamawa, Bauchi 240 Mabo Plateau 241 Mada Kaduna, Plateau 242 Mama Plateau 243 Mambilla Adamawa 244 Manchok Kaduna 245 Mandara (Wandala) Bomo 246 Manga (Mangawa) Yobe 247 Margi (Marghi) Adamawa, Bomo 248 Matakarn Adamawa 249 Mbembe Cross River, Enugu 250 Mbol Adamawa 251 Mbube Cross River 252 Mbula Adamawa 253 Mbum Taraba 254 Memyang (Meryan) Plateau 255 Miango Plateau 256 Miligili (Migili) Plateau 257 Miya (Miyawa) Bauchi 258 Mobber Bomo 259 Montol Plateau 260 Moruwa (Moro’a, Morwa) Kaduna 261 Muchaila Adamawa 262 Mumuye Taraba 263 Mundang Adamawa 264 Munga (Mupang) Plateau 265 Mushere Plateau 266 Mwahavul (Mwaghavul) Plateau 267 Ndoro Taraba 268 Ngamo Bauchi, Yobe 269 Ngizim Yobe 270 Ngweshe (Ndhang.Ngoshe-Ndhang) Adamawa, Borno 271 Ningi (Ningawa) Bauchi 272 Ninzam (Ninzo) Kaduna, Plateau 273 Njayi Adamawa 274 Nkim Cross River 275 Nkum Cross River 276 Nokere (Nakere) Plateau 277 Nunku Kaduna, Plateau 278 Nupe Niger 279 Nyandang Taraba 280 Ododop Cross River 281 Ogori Kwara 282 Okobo (Okkobor) Akwa lbom 283 Okpamheri Edo 284 Olulumo Cross River 285 Oron Akwa lbom 286 Owan Edo 287 Owe Kwara 288 Oworo Kwara 289 Pa’a (Pa’awa Afawa) Bauchi 290 Pai Plateau 291 Panyam Taraba 292 Pero Bauchi 293 Pire Adamawa 294 Pkanzom Taraba 295 Poll Taraba 296 Polchi Habe Bauchi 297 Pongo (Pongu) Niger 298 Potopo Taraba 299 Pyapun (Piapung) Plateau 300 Qua Cross River 301 Rebina (Rebinawa) Bauchi 302 Reshe Kebbi, Niger 303 Rindire (Rendre) Plateau 304 Rishuwa Kaduna 305 Ron Piateau 306 Rubu Niger 307 Rukuba Plateau 308 Rumada Kaduna 309 Rumaya Kaduna 310 Sakbe Taraba 311 Sanga Bauchi 312 Sate Taraba 313 Saya (Sayawa Za’ar) Bauchi 314 Segidi (Sigidawa) Bauchi 315 Shanga (Shangawa) Sokoto 316 Shangawa (Shangau) Plateau 317 Shan-Shan Plateau 318 Shira (Shirawa) Kano 319 Shomo Taraba 320 Shuwa Adamawa, Borno 321 Sikdi Plateau 322 Siri (Sirawa) Bauchi 323 Srubu (Surubu) Kaduna 324 Sukur Adamawa 325 Sura Plateau 326 Tangale Bauchi 327 Tarok Plateau, Taraba 328 Teme Adamawa 329 Tera (Terawa) Bauchi, Bomo 330 Teshena (Teshenawa) Kano 331 Tigon Adamawa 332 Tikar Taraba 333 Tiv Benue, Plateau, Taraba and Nasarawa 334 Tula Bauchi 335 Tur Adamawa 336 Ufia Benue 337 Ukelle Cross River 338 Ukwani (Kwale) Delta 339 Uncinda Kaduna, Kebbi, Niger, Sokoto 340 Uneme (Ineme) Edo 341 Ura (Ula) Niger 342 Urhobo Delta 343 Utonkong Benue 344 Uyanga Cross River 345 Vemgo Adamawa 346 Verre Adamawa 347 Vommi Taraba 348 Wagga Adamawa 349 Waja Bauchi 350 Waka Taraba 351 Warja (Warja) Jigawa 352 Warji Bauchi 353 Wula Adamawa 354 Wurbo Adamawa 355 Wurkun Taraba 356 Yache Cross River 357 Yagba Kwara 358 Yakurr (Yako)

CJN COMMENDS J.K GADZAMA LAW FIRM FOR MENTORING YOUNG LAWYERS

3/06/2016 CJN commends law firm for mentoring young lawyers Mahmud Mohammed CJN Mahmud Mohammed CJN Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Mahmud Mohammed (CJN), penultimate week Tuesday in Abuja, commended the law firm of Chief J-K Gadzama (SAN) for its large scale mentoring programme for young lawyers in the country and urged other law firms to emulate it. He made this statement at the official commissioning of the corporate headquarters of the law firm, J-K Gadzama Court. He said: “I wish to comment upon the commitment of J-K Gadzama LLP to the improvement of the quality of legal practitioners through its mentoring programme. Although not a new initiative, it has doubtless become a gold standard in the type of positive improvement that firms can and must make to the lives of our young legal practitioners I hope the firm continues to take on law school students and our younger colleagues who will seek much needed Chamber attachment and pupilage under it, given the sheer size and area of the building, I have no doubt that it can” the CJN stated. In his welcome address, Chief J-K Gadzama (SAN) said: “ Our firm was accredited about a decade ago and registered by the Nigerian Bar Association ( NBA) as a Legal Education provider. As part of our corporate social responsibility to the legal profession, a mentorship programme named after renowned Justice Chukwudifu Akunne Oputa ( JSC) of blessed memory will commence in this quarter for young lawyers who are below ten years post call. The aim of this programme is to equip these young lawyers with the requisite skills, knowledge and values to enable them deal with everyday legal practice, which they require, but lack due to their infancy at the Bar. This is important as the future of our beloved legal profession lies in the hands of these young lawyers who will one day, be at the helm of affairs in the profession. “ It is therefore imperative to ensure their overall development and capacity building to efficiently carry the mantle, revolutionise the legal profession in tandem with modern trends and do greater deeds than we have done. I encourage us all to imbibe this idea for I strongly believe that most of us here never had the chance to benefit from such during our early days at the Bay” Gadzama stated Highlighting the aims and objectives of the mentoring programme, Gadzama said: “The essence of mentoring is for the mentor to help the mentee become better in a particular area.

NIGERIAN COMMUNITY WHERE OLD WOMEN MARRY YOUNG LADIES

Nigerian Community Where Old Women Marry Young Ladies June 4th, 2016 by admin Eighty-three-year old Nwanyidinma looked disconsolate as she sat in front of her thatched, mud house. There was no one to keep her company apart from her little ‘bingo’ dog and a host of chicken strolling round her premises. Occasionally, she used the horsetail in her hands to chase the dog away from the chicken. In the animal world, it would not be out of place to conclude that the animals were playing hide and seek in this peaceful environment. That, however, is not for Nwanyidinma. The weather was cool and breezy and so she was just out there watching the movement of the leafy orange trees and palm trees in her neighbourhood. Beyond this natural scene, Nwanyidinma has a heavy heart. Not that she has lost anybody in recent times, but she has a bigger burden occupying her inner recess as she watches the dog, the chicken and the trees. But Nwanyidinma’s three remaining children (all females) and those close to the octogenarian know too well her challenge. Her bigger headache borders on what happens to her late husband’s property if she passes on. Her husband had died several years ago. Her only son had also passed on. In fact, her son died in his early 20s; unmarried. As the tradition in her Mbaise community demands, women have no right to inheritance of property, especially landed property. And here lies the octogenarian’s headache. Her three daughters are living happily with their husbands and children. So who takes over all her husband’s landed property? Who takes over the pear trees, palm trees and other natural inheritance belonging to her husband? Will her husband’s brothers/relations inherit all the wealth and property, things she and her husband laboured strenuously to acquire? By the way, before her husband died, there was an estranged relationship between him and his brothers, an action that further severed their relationship. Will these ‘enemies’, as it were, now take over all the wealth? For Nwanyidinma, this dilemma, more than any other thing, occupied her mind. However, from a neighbouring village, information has it that a young unmarried girl had been impregnated. The person who she claimed got her pregnant had denied paternity and her parents were on the verge of disowning her for ‘shaming’ them. So as the octogenarian relaxed in front of her house, she was thinking of how she would send a delegation to the young girl’s family to seek her hand in marriage. If the girl’s family agreed, she would bring her and her unborn child to her home. The overall game plan is perhaps that if she puts to bed and the child is a boy, he will naturally belong to the family. Few weeks later, Nwanyidinma did just that. She went and married the pregnant young lady, whose unborn child, she believed, would automatically become her grandchild and a bona fide heir of her property. Indeed, there are so many likes of Nwanyidinma in some Igbo communities, especially in Mbaise, who ‘marry’ other women in order to have male children in their homes. These ‘female husbands’ as they are known, are practising a tradition that is long accepted in the communities and which has gone a long way to solve a need, a need to perpetuate a family name. Charity Igbokwe, from Ahiazu Mbaise is another typical example of a ‘female husband’. The 68-year-old widow had an only son, Donald Igbokwe, who had died in an accident over 30 years ago. He was unmarried. But Donald’s name has not gone into extinct. His aged mother made sure she married a woman for him ten years ago and the young lady has had four children –three boys and a girl- for the deceased. Igbokwe, while speaking to our correspondent, said it was necessary she married a woman for her late child in order to keep his name alive. “What I did was just the normal thing anybody in my place would do. My child died tragically. He was my only son. My husband had died many years ago. So I had to marry a woman for my late son. My son’s wife now has four children. The children of course, answer Donald’s name.” Social but not sexual marriage Granted, in Igbo land, marriage is basically between a man and woman. However, there are cases where marriage between a woman and another woman is permissible. It is important to note at this point that in this case, it is not in any way, lesbian marriage even though it is same gender marriage. The marriage is traditionally and socially acceptable but it is not sexual. There is certainly no sexual attraction between the ‘female husband’ and the person being married for either late husband or son, as the case may be. Explaining more on this issue, a community leader in Onicha, a community in Ezinihitte Mbaise, Nze Ebere Iwuagwu, told Saturday Punch, that the females in question do not really go to a lady’s family and seek her hand in marriage. However, he said, the woman goes out, looks for the wife, makes the necessary enquiry about the person and then provides the bride price and other necessary stuff required for the marriage to hold. Iwuagwu said the female husbands are always accompanied by male relatives who would be the ones to actually ask for the lady’s hand in marriage from her family. “In our community, women don’t really ask for the hands of the women in marriage, traditionally. But everybody knows the new wife belongs to the female husbands, but during the course of marriage rites, the ‘female husband’ stays at the background. “In a case where the woman’s husband is dead, then her late husband’s male relatives will accompany her and would even be the one to marry the wife in his name. A woman can’t just get up and go to a family and say she wants to marry another woman from that family, it is not done! However, after the marriage ceremony, when they get home, everybody knows that the new wife is the ‘property’ of the aged woman and she would live in her domain,” he said. Iwuagwu said this tradition which is almost as old as forever, has become the norm and both parties – the female husband and the wife- are not stigmatised in any way.” ‘Why we marry wives into our homes’ Most of the women who marry wives are usually elderly and have passed the age of child bearing. In most cases, the woman may have been childless or had just female children. The women just want heirs who would take over their property and wealth when they are gone. Explaining why she had to marry a wife for her late husband, 70-year-old Adanma Ikem from Ezinihitte Mbaise, said she had had four children, two males, but her sons had died tragically even before they could get married. “Two of my sons died when they were in their 20s. Their death was so painful. I cried my heart out. I cried not only because I lost my children, of course, it was a painful experience, but I cried because I just thought of how my husband’s name would just die like that. Who would perpetuate the name? Our lineage would just be forgotten. My husband had died earlier on. My daughters had married. So I was left with no other choice. “I went to a neighbouring village and I was lucky, I found a girl who was pregnant and she was willing to be a part of my family. I and my relatives went and paid her bride price. She has been living with me for many years now and she has five children, three boys. The children are mine now and at least, our family name will not just die like that,” she said. In other scenario, a woman who didn’t have a son could actually ‘marry’ a wife for her ‘fictitious’ son for the same reason as procreation. Madam Angela Ugwuani, 75, is one of such women who didn’t want her family name to go into extinction. Ugwuani who had five daughters, didn’t marry the young wife for her husband, rather, she got a wife for a son she never really had. “I didn’t have a male child. I know that. But I still couldn’t allow my family name to die. Somebody told me about this girl who just had an unwanted pregnancy and I enquired about her. I and my husband’s relatives married her under our native law,” she said. Ugwuani’s case is similar to that of 62-year-old Sabina Njoku, a retired primary school teacher. In Njoku’s case, she is childless and she needed her home to be alive with children. “I wasn’t blessed with a child in my marriage and back then, adopting a child wasn’t fashionable. In fact, in my village, it was more acceptable to go and marry a wife that would have children for you than to even adopt a baby. So, I had to (with my husband’s relatives of course) marry a wife into my husband’s home. She has been delivered of so many children,” she said. Biological fathers just ‘sperm donors’ Interestingly, even after the woman (new wife) starts procreating and giving births to children, the kids would automatically bear her surname (expectedly, she would have changed her maiden name to that of the family that married her) regardless of who the biological father of the child/children may be. Nobody actually remembers the biological fathers of these children. In fact, they could best be described as sperm donors; they certainly do not have any other responsibility on the woman or the child she eventually gives birth to. Iwuagwu explained that there will never be any point where the man would come out and claim he is the father of any of the children the woman eventually gives birth to. “It is never done! The man doesn’t come into the picture at all. There is no way the man would come out and claim paternity of the children. Nobody will even listen to him. He doesn’t have any parental right to the children. The children conceived in this kind of arrangement would bear the late man’s name even if their biological father does exist. “Even if the children become governors or presidents tomorrow, their biological father can never come out to claim them as his. There is nothing like paternity test. Don’t be surprised, the woman may not necessarily inform the man about her pregnancy. Even if the child ends up having a striking resemblance with the biological father, nobody would relate them openly in any way,” he said. Saturday Punch findings revealed that most of the men who impregnate these women are usually married men who wouldn’t want to expose their escapades. “The woman can even go as far as sleeping with men from neighbouring village. Smarter ones go far away to have relationships and consequent pregnancies. But then, in all, both parties know the reason for the relationship. The man will not come to claim the child and the woman will not go to him for any financial help towards raising the child,” said Uduma Ike, a village head in a community in Aboh Mbaise. Ike also said that the ‘female husband’ takes care of the children and sees to their financial needs. “It is the female husband who is now the head of the home that takes care of the wife and the children that she will have in that family. Nobody expects the biological fathers of the children to contribute to their welfare. Even if the fathers would help, they wouldn’t do so openly. If the child is sick, there is no way the woman will take the child to the man and ask for money for hospital bills even if he was the one that got her pregnant. She dared not even tell anybody in the village that it was this or that man that got her pregnant,” Ikem said. ‘We are married women in every sense’ Cynthia Obiajulu, (not real names) 26, got married five years ago, to a man she never met or heard of. Her supposed husband had died so many years ago and his first wife, Udoka, who didn’t have any male child, had married her into the family. Obiajulu, who now has three kids, all boys, refused to tell our correspondent who the biological father of her kids is but insisted that she is ‘legally’ married. “I don’t think it is proper to ask me who the father of my children is. It is private. But the truth of the matter is that I am a married woman and my husband is late. Whether my late husband is the father of my children, it is not anybody’s business. But my children are answering their father’s name and nobody would claim that he fathered them; that is absurd.” Obiajulu, who said she has a fantastic relationship with her older co wife and the person who ‘married’ her, said she also has strong respect for her. “She is my mother. My children call her ‘Mama’. They regard her as the mother and not grandmother. My kids even see me as a big sister and not their mother. I have a great relationship with mama. It was through her that I came to live here. “Even though I am traditionally married into this home, I have my place. I don’t disrespect mama. We don’t have equal rights in this house. She is my benefactor and she would be the one that takes care of us,” she said. Uchechi Eziudo, from Ahiara Mbaise is another example of a woman married to a ‘female husband’. Eziudo, in her early 30s, said she was raped at an early age of seventeen and she got pregnant thereafter. “Nobody could touch me with a long spoon. Nobody wanted to have anything to do with me. Even my parents were so embarrassed of me as if I wanted or enjoyed to be raped. “So when this family from a neighbouring community came to marry me for an aged man who was more than 60 years older than me, I had to accept. It wasn’t as if I jumped at it but I had no choice. “It was actually his wife who initiated the plans of bringing another wife to the family since she was childless and since the man was very old. She wanted somebody who would have kids so that the family name would not die. “Our husband died just two years after I was married. But I have had four kids since then. Nobody worries me or asks me who got me pregnant each time. I am a married woman and nobody feels I am doing anything morally wrong,” she said. No stigma attached As much as some people may feel it is adultery/ fornication, but in these communities, it is not regarded as such! There is no way the offspring that come from this arrangement would be seen as bastards. Mrs. Edith Azuka, a native of Aumuariam, Obowo, in a chat with Saturday Punch on the issue, said there is no Igbo man that would find such a union distasteful. “I doubt if there is anybody that would condemn this act. It has been traditionally and socially accepted in these communities. There is nothing wrong with it. It doesn’t make the women less moral. It doesn’t mean they are prostitutes. The children conceived in this process are not bastards and nobody would dare to ask them ‘who is your father?’ Of course, we all know that question is the highest insult you can give to any Igbo man or woman.” ‘I am not a bastard, I know my father’ Because of its sensitive nature, getting children conceived in such arrangement to open up was not so easy as most of them threatened to deal with our correspondent for asking such question. Ebenezer Azu, (not real name), a third year student of Imo State University, who decided to talk to our correspondent after being promised that his identity would be protected, said he knew about his history but doesn’t have the powers to do anything about it. “I am not silly. When I became an adult, I learnt my father had died so many years ago, even before I was born. Curiosity made me to ask questions. I asked and persisted before my mother had to open up to tell me the whole story. “She refused to tell me who my biological father is. But then, I will not call myself a bastard. I know my father. He is late. Even though I never met him, I still believe he was my father. I cannot allow myself to worry over things and circumstances that are beyond my powers. Since nobody has tried to insult me, there is no reason for me to feel bad about it,” he said. Also, a lawyer, Ndidi Osigwe (not real names) said she found out much later in life about her history but still believes that she has one father and not even the person whose genes she carries. “Our mother had five of us. It got to a stage when I was much older, I had to wonder why most of us don’t look like her or like the picture of the person they said was our father. It aroused my curiosity and I had to ask my grandma who I am close to. She was the one that told me the circumstances surrounding our birth. I am not worried. All I know is that I have a father, I cannot say that I am a bastard, never!” From a sociologist point of view Giving more insight on same gender marriage, a sociologist, Mr. Monday Ahibogwu, said the issue is a prevalent one and has been in practice for a long time. “It has been there and there are some reasons for this. If the man in the family is not mentally balanced and he is the only progenitor in that family, a woman in the family can decide to marry a wife on behalf of their brother who is deranged. The new wife would be excused to have male friends who would get her pregnant and then, her children will still bear the name of the man who is not mentally balanced. This is culturally acceptable. “Also, in a family where all the children are females and they are all grown up and married, one of them can decide to marry a wife in their late father’s name. The sons the woman will have will be for her father. She has her own children but she marries a wife for her father in order to be children in her father’s house. “Then again, there are also women who marry wives for their husbands because they couldn’t conceive. These are the reasons why some of these things happen.” Anibogwu reiterated that children conceived in such arrangement are usually not stigmatised. “You cannot stigmatise them; it is even forbidden to stigmatise them. You may even be ostracised by the community if you try to stigmatise them. They are part and parcel of the community. The reason they are brought into this world was to fill a gap. If a child feels bad that he is conceived in such arrangement, then that is his personal feeling and not the feeling of the society.” Anibogwu also added there is no way the biological father would try to claim the children. “Remember, in Igbo land, if you have not paid the bride price of a woman and she has kids for you, no matter what, the children belong to her family and not yours. You are just a sperm donor. Unless the bride price has been paid, the children belong legally and culturally to her parents. “If a widow has sexual relationship and she gets pregnant in the process, the children still remain those of the dead and have the same inheritance. The person who got her pregnant cannot come to claim them.” While agreeing that the children may not have the same characters especially if the woman gets pregnant for different men, Anibogwu said usually, characters of children are determined by the way they are brought up. “The children may not have the same character because of their DNA but don’t forget that most times, character is usually a product of upbringing and not necessarily DNA.”

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Breaking news: Nigeria releases interim report on assets recovered from looters

BREAKING: Nigeria releases interim report on assets recovered from looters June 4, 2016Sani Tukur  Muhammadu Buhari in an Aljazeera Interview   President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday partially fulfilled his promise to publish specific details of funds traced to and recovered from corrupt former government officials as part of his war against endemic graft. Details of the recoveries, published by the Federal Ministry of Information, showed that the Nigerian government successfully retrieved total cash amount N78,325,354,631.82, $185,119,584.61, £3,508,355.46 and €11, 250 between May 29, 2015 and May 25, 2016. Also released were recoveries under interim forfeiture, which were a combination of cash and assets, during the same period: N126,563,481,095.43, $9,090,243,920.15, £2,484,447.55 and €303,399.17. Anticipated repatriation from foreign countries totaled: $321,316,726.1, £6,900,000 and €11,826.11. The ministry also announced that 239 non-cash recoveries were made during the one-year period. The non-cash recoveries are – farmlands, plots of land, uncompleted buildings, completed buildings, vehicles and maritime vessels, the ministry said. Since May 29, the president had endured intense criticism from the Nigerian public who criticised him for failing to fulfill a promise he made on May 14 in London. Read full statement below.  The Federal Government made cash recoveries totaling N78,325,354,631.82 (Seventy eight billion, three hundred and twenty-five million, three hundred and fifty-four thousand, six hundred and thirty one Naira and eighty two kobo); $185,119,584.61 (One hundred and eight five million, one hundred and nineteen thousand, five hundred and eighty four US dollars, sixty one cents); 3,508,355.46 Pounds Sterling (Three million, five hundred and eight thousand, three hundred and fifty-five Pounds and 46 Pence) and 11, 250 Euros (Eleven thousand, two hundred and fifty Euros) from 29 May 2015 to 25 May 2016. In a statement in Lagos on Saturday, the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, also disclosed that recoveries under interim forfeiture (cash and assets) during the period totalled N126,563,481,095.43 (One hundred and twenty six billion, five hundred and sixty three million, four hundred and eighty one thousand, and ninety five Naira, forty three Kobo; $9,090,243,920.15 (Nine billion, ninety million, two hundred and forty three thousand, nine hundred and twenty Dollars, fifteen cents; 2,484,447.55 Pounds Sterling (Two million, four hundred and eighty four thousand, four hundred and forty seven Pounds, fifty five Pence) and 303,399.17 Euros (Three hundred and three thousand, three hundred and ninety-nine Euros, 17 cents ). According to the statement, which is based on the interim report on the financial and assets recoveries made by the various government agencies from 29 May 2015 to 25 May 2016, the funds awaiting return from foreign jurisdictions total $321,316,726.1 (Three hundred and twenty one million, three hundred and sixteen thousand, seven hundred and twenty six Dollars, one cent); 6,900,000 Pounds (Six million, nine hundred thousand Pounds) and 11,826.11 Euros (Eleven thousand, eight hundred and twenty six Euros, 11 cents). It showed that non-cash recoveries (Farmlands, Plots of Land, Uncompleted Buildings, Completed Buildings, Vehicles and Maritime Vessels) during the period total 239. The following is the breakdown of the recovered cash and assets  INTERIM REPORT ON FINANCIAL AND ASSET RECOVERIES MADE BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF NIGERIA FROM 29 MAY 2015 TO 25 MAY 2016 Cash Recoveries SerialItemsNairaUS DollarGB PoundsEuro1EFCC Cash at hand39,169,911,023.00128,494,076.662,35511,2502Royalty/tax/payment to FGN account in JP Morgan account New York4,642,958,711.4840,727,253.653ONSA Funds Recovery Account in CBN5,665,305,527.418,000,000.004VAT recovered from companies by ONSA529,588,293.475EFCC Recovered Funds Account in CBN19,267,730,359.36455,253.806ICPC Revenue Collection Recovery in CBN869,957,444.897Office of the Attorney General5,500,000,0005,500,0008DSS Recoveries47,707,000.51,943,000.53,506,000.469ICPC Cash Asset Recovery2,632,196,271.71Total78,325,354,631.82185,119,584.613,508,355.4611,250 Recoveries Under Interim Forfeiture SerialItemsNairaUS DollarGB PoundsEuro1Cash in bank under interim forfeiture8,281,577,243.921,819,866,364.733,800.00113,399.172Amount frozen in bank48,159,179,518.907,131,369,498.49605,647.553Value of properties under interim forfeiture41,534,605,998.0077,844,600.001,875,000.00190,000.004Value of cars under interim forfeiture52,500,000.005ONSA Funds under interim forfeiture27,001,464,125.2043,771,433.736Value of Assets Recovered by ONSA512,000,000.007ONSA Assets under interim forfeiture260,000,000.008DSS Recoveries Frozen in Banks658,929,000.00226,476.209EFCC Cash in Bank under final forfeiture103,225,209.4117,165,547.00Total126,563,481,095.439,090,243,920.152,484,447.55303,399.17Grand Total204,888,835,727.259,275,363,504.765,992,803.01314,649.17 Funds Awaiting Return From Foreign Jurisdictions JurisdictionUS DollarGB PoundsEuro1Switzerland3210000002UK69000003UAE31050111826.114USA6225.1Total321,316,726.16,900,00011,826.11 Non Cash Recoveries       SerialItems Quantity  ICPCEFCCONSA1Farmland22  2Plot of Land4  3Uncompleted Building1  4Completed Building3314545Vehicles223 6Maritime Vessels 5 Total821534 Segun Adeyemi SA to Hon Minister of Information and Culture Lagos 4 June 2016

FG Direct banks to suspend Retrenchment

FG Directs Banks To Suspend Retrenchment: Is this not funny? FG should 'appeal' not 'direct'. Does it have a stake in the banks? It is even FG's policies that are driving the retrenchment.

NIGERIAN WOMAN IGBO BY TRIBE BEHEADED IN KANO OVER BLASPHARMY

BREAKING NEWS, HOW IGBO WOMAN WAS KILLED IN KANO

B-R-E-A-K-I-N-G News!!! How Igbo Woman Was Beheaded In Kano Over Religious Argument: Another Was Beheaded In Niger State. A group of Muslims youths in Kano yesterday evening beheaded an Igbo woman trader, Mrs Bridget from Imo state, over allegations that she blasphemed Prophet Muhammad. The Foodstuff seller at the Kofar Wambai market in Kano according to Hope For Nigeria was in the company of her husband before she was gruesomely murdered for an alleged religious argument with another trader in Wambai. The exited Muslim youths dragged her out of her customer's shop and butchered her like a cow in the abettor. Traders in the Market claimed that the woman was set up and it has been long that the Muslims in the market have been looking for excuses to kill Igbos. They claimed that the deceased was in the market to buy some items from her customer popularly known as Ustaz (spice), who engaged her in a religious joke which the woman’s response was construed to be blasphemous. Few weeks ago another Igbo Christian was beheaded in Niger state, Nigeria who claimed that he also blasphemed Prophet Muhammad. The Public Relations Officer of the Kano Police Command, DSP Musa Magaji, confirmed the incident and as usual no arrest will ever be made. - Hope For Nigeria Copied from Hope For Nigeria.. Me:

UPDATES FOR TODAY NEWS

3/06/2016 UPDATES: Osinbajo Kicks off Clean-up of Ogoniland, Warns Against Oil Theft. Woman Killed in Kano for Alleged Blasphemy. OPEC appoints Barkindo as new secretary-general. Militants attack more oil pipelines in Bayelsa. Fayose charges Buhari on dialogue with Niger Delta militants. Three feared dead, as flood wreaks havoc in Ibadan. 573,211 candidates fail first hurdle in police recruitment. Osinbajo launches clean-up as Buhari cancels Ogoni visit. Foreign airlines’ funds trapped in Nigeria hit N120b, says IATA. Reps seek prisons reform, review of ports concession agreement. Magu: EFCC to Probe Funds, Corruption at IDP Camps. Telecoms contribution to GDP hits 8.8 per cent. Obasanjo goofed to call judge stupid –AI lawyer. Benue vows to ward off herdsmen attacks. Scientists claim universal cancer vaccine breakthrough. NAF chief remanded in prison over N166m contractor’s gift. Fani-Kayode unable to meet EFCC’s $1m bail condition, says lawyer. Ajimobi names Alaafin, Soun’s children as commissioners. Worm disease hits maize production in southwest. My trial makes me regret serving Nigeria, says Orubebe. Government sets up 16-man panel on new minimum wage. APC governors meet in Benin over Edo governorship poll. Governmet cancels post- UTME, pegs JAMB cut-off mark at 180. Fire guts NASS annex in Lagos. Pension Funds Rise to N5.4tn. Electricity: We will only disconnect chronic debtors—DISCOS. TUC to acquire 57% stake in Unity Bank. A’Court restores 7 political parties de-registered by INEC. 338,227 applicants shortlisted for police job, screening begins June 6. Siasia blames fatigue S/Korea 1-0 defeat.

KILLING OF IPOB/ MOSSOB MEMBERS: OHANAEZE DEMANDS INGUIRY

2/06/2016

Killing Of IPOB/MASSOB Members: Ohanaeze Demands Inquiry MASSOB Protest PosteJundemands, inquiry, killing, massob, members, ohanaeze. Emmanuel Nzomiwu Enugu – Pan-Igbo socio-cultural organization, Ohaneze Ndigbo has reacted with shock to the killing of some members of Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) and Movement for Actualization of Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) in Onitsha Anambra State, calling on the federal government to immediately set up a panel of inquiry to give the world the true picture of what transpired. In a statement on Wednesday, Dr. Joe Nwaorgu, the Secretary General of Ohanaeze, said they were traumatized by the outrageous killing of the members of IPOB and MASSOB in cold blood in the early hours of Monday, May 30 2016 and in the afternoon of the same day. Nwaorgu enjoined all Nigerians and indeed all lovers of humanity to condemn in its entirety this heinous display of brutality, which amounted to everything but gallantry. He said they were unimpressed and unconvinced by the talk of provocation, wondering the level of provocation that could warrant the firing of teargas without first calling on a crowd, whether legal or illegal, to disperse, even as the teargas was followed with a salvo of bullets. “The two organizations are sworn believers in non-violence. They say, and we believe them, that they were totally unarmed at the times of the onslaughts. “The Igbo nation is outraged and condemns these killings in strongest terms. Such should never happen whether under military dictatorship or democracy. Ndigbo are known democrats from time immemorial. We believe in competition. We are not violent people” Nwaorgu said. The Ohanaeze scribe called on the Anambra State Government to immediately set up an investigative panel to get the full record of what occurred. He said the federal government should set up its own inquiry to give the world the true picture. Nwaorgu said Ndigbo were unhappy with the continued bloodletting visited on them and wants such nefarious events to cease forthwith. We condole with the families of those killed and sympathize with the injured. May such events never occur again in our land” Nwaorgu said.

MANY FEARED KILLED AS MILITANTS AMBUSH SOLDIERS IN DELTA.

Many feared killed as militants ambush soldiers in Delta June 2, 2016 Ovie Okpare, Warri Two soldiers and six civilians have reportedly been killed on Wednesday’s night attack on soldiers’ houseboat around a creek close to Omadino/Idjere junction in Warri South Local Area of Delta State. Our correspondent gathered that the incident occurred between the hours of 7pm and 8pm on Wednesday. Investigations reveal that the militants struck when some of the soldiers deployed to safe-guard oil facilities had gone on a routine patrol. A senior military officer who confirmed the incident to our correspondent said the soldiers were taken unawares by the gunmen who fired several shots, killing all occupants of the houseboat before zooming off. Another source said over 15 people were killed, adding that about ten soldiers were involved. The houseboat is operated by the Nigerian Petroleum Development Company. The gunmen, it was gathered stormed the location with two speedboats and sank the houseboat after their operation. Although, no militant group has claimed responsibility for the attack, but security sources believe it was carried out by rampaging members of the Niger Delta Avengers.

JONATHAN RETURNS

Jonathan returns by Yusuf Alli, Abuja, June 02, 2016 at 12:52 am
Former President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday returned to the country after spending about four weeks abroad. It was learnt that the ex-President flew into the country in the evening. Spokesman for the Forum of Former Ministers, Prof. Abubakar Olanrewaju Sulaiman, confirmed the return of the former president at about 9.30pm. Sulaiman said: “The former President is back. I have been able to confirm his return. He is in Bayelsa State as I speak with you.” The ex-President’s trip generated concerns leading to speculations that he had gone on exile. While away, his former Special Assistant on Domestic Affairs, Dr Waripamowei Dudafa and cousin, Roberts Azibaola, were quizzed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over N10billion and $40million allegedly withdrawn from government coffers. The grilling of his aides fueled rumours that he had gone on self exile, as reported by a national daily. But the ex-President penultimate Monday told THE NATION on telephone that he was not on exile. He said: “I am not on exile. I have no cause to go on exile. I was Vice President for two years and President for six years. I did everything I could and I served my country well.”

AHEAD BUHARI'S VISIT: AVENGERS BLOW UP CHEVRON OIL WELLS

Ahead Buhari’s visit: Avengers blow up Chevron oil wells By Daniel Aduguo
Jun 1 2016 12:28PM
Ahead Buhari’s visit: Avengers blow up Chevron oil wells. Militants The Niger Delta Avengers early Wednesday morning blew up two oil wells located in Warri South West of Delta State belonging to Chevron Nigeria Limited. The militant group claimed responsibility for the attack of the RMP 24 and RMP 23 which are Chevron Swamp's highest producing Wells. “With the heavy presence of 100 gunboats, 4 warships and jet bombers, NDA blew up Chevron Oil Well RMP 23 and RMP 24, 3:44AM this morning.”It said via its Twitter handle @NDAvengers on Wednesday morning, “This is to show the whole world that the Nigeria military is good in harassing innocent Nigerians.” the group said. The latest attack comes as President Muhammadu Buhari is expected to visit the Niger Delta region on Thursday for the first time since taking office a year ago. Buhari will visit Ogoniland to launch a cleanup of areas heavily polluted by oil spills. The Niger Delta Avengers militant group, which has claimed a string of recent attacks, issued a warning to oil firms in the southern region that their "facilities and personnel will bear the brunt of our fury," according to a statement. Buhari said on Sunday that the government would hold talks with leaders in Nigeria's main oil-producing region to address their grievances in a bid to stop a surge in pipeline attacks.