Those in attendance were the service chiefs: General Abayomi Olonishakin, Chief of Defence Staff; General T. Buratai, Chief of Army Staff; Ibok-Ete Ibas, Chief of Naval Staff; Sadique Abubakar, Chief of Air Staff; Monday Morgan, Chief of Defence Intelligence and Major-General Babagana Monguno (retd), National Security Adviser, NSA. The acting Inspector General of Police, Kpotum Idris and the Director, Department of State Services, Duaru were also in attendants. Others included governor of Benue and Delta State, Messrs Sam Ortom and Ifeanyi Okowa. Speaking at the meeting with the Niger Delta group, President Buhari according to a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, said that that under his watch Nigeria would witness judicious utilization of resources. He said: “We intend to rebuild this country so that our children and grand-children will have a good place they can call their own. A lot of damage had been done. So, I want you to tell the people to be patient. “When you get together with other leaders, please pacify the people. We will utilize the resources of Nigeria with integrity and rebuild the country,” he said. The President said the gazette on the Niger Delta amnesty programme by the Umaru Yar’Adua administration was being studied with a view to determining what had been fulfilled, promising that whatever was left would equally be addressed.”Friday 1 July 2016
N-DELTA: Buhari asks for patience, promises to rebuild Nigeria Read more at: http://www.mospringresources.com/2016/07/n-delta-buhari-asks-patience-promises-rebuild-nigeria/
ABUJA—President Muhammadu Buhari has appealed to Nigerians especially people from the Niger Delta to be patient with his government, promising to gradually rebuild the country. The president said that a lot of damage had been done on the country, noting that he was taking concrete measures to restore it to its lost glory. The president spoke while receiving a delegation of Niger Delta Dialogue and Contact Group, led by His Royal Highness, King Alfred Diette-Spiff, the Amanyanabo of Twon Brass, Bayelsa State, at State House, Abuja, yesterday.. The meeting came after the president also held a security meeting with all security heads in country.
Those in attendance were the service chiefs: General Abayomi Olonishakin, Chief of Defence Staff; General T. Buratai, Chief of Army Staff; Ibok-Ete Ibas, Chief of Naval Staff; Sadique Abubakar, Chief of Air Staff; Monday Morgan, Chief of Defence Intelligence and Major-General Babagana Monguno (retd), National Security Adviser, NSA. The acting Inspector General of Police, Kpotum Idris and the Director, Department of State Services, Duaru were also in attendants. Others included governor of Benue and Delta State, Messrs Sam Ortom and Ifeanyi Okowa. Speaking at the meeting with the Niger Delta group, President Buhari according to a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, said that that under his watch Nigeria would witness judicious utilization of resources. He said: “We intend to rebuild this country so that our children and grand-children will have a good place they can call their own. A lot of damage had been done. So, I want you to tell the people to be patient. “When you get together with other leaders, please pacify the people. We will utilize the resources of Nigeria with integrity and rebuild the country,” he said. The President said the gazette on the Niger Delta amnesty programme by the Umaru Yar’Adua administration was being studied with a view to determining what had been fulfilled, promising that whatever was left would equally be addressed.”
Those in attendance were the service chiefs: General Abayomi Olonishakin, Chief of Defence Staff; General T. Buratai, Chief of Army Staff; Ibok-Ete Ibas, Chief of Naval Staff; Sadique Abubakar, Chief of Air Staff; Monday Morgan, Chief of Defence Intelligence and Major-General Babagana Monguno (retd), National Security Adviser, NSA. The acting Inspector General of Police, Kpotum Idris and the Director, Department of State Services, Duaru were also in attendants. Others included governor of Benue and Delta State, Messrs Sam Ortom and Ifeanyi Okowa. Speaking at the meeting with the Niger Delta group, President Buhari according to a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, said that that under his watch Nigeria would witness judicious utilization of resources. He said: “We intend to rebuild this country so that our children and grand-children will have a good place they can call their own. A lot of damage had been done. So, I want you to tell the people to be patient. “When you get together with other leaders, please pacify the people. We will utilize the resources of Nigeria with integrity and rebuild the country,” he said. The President said the gazette on the Niger Delta amnesty programme by the Umaru Yar’Adua administration was being studied with a view to determining what had been fulfilled, promising that whatever was left would equally be addressed.”
Vanguard’s report saved us from shame —Detained mother of triplets
AGOS—Mrs Gloria Okore, the woman detained for seven weeks by Bessylva Hospital and Maternity Home, Agege, following her inability to settle a debt of N35,000 after being delivered of triplets, has thanked Nigerians for coming to her rescue by paying the outstanding bills.
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LAGOS—Mrs Gloria Okore, the woman detained for seven weeks by Bessylva Hospital and Maternity Home, Agege, following her inability to settle a debt of N35,000 after being delivered of triplets, has thanked Nigerians for coming to her rescue by paying the outstanding bills.
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She said after harassing her, the hospital authorities said she was foolish to tell Vanguard that her debt was N35,000; that she should have said it was N200,000. However, contacted, the hopsital’s Medical Director, Ngozi Nwachukwu, said Mrs Okore was being ungrateful. She said as soon as the balance of their bill was off set, every other donation was given to the couple, including the N500,000 donated by Mutilinks Computer Services. Meanwhile, speaking with Vanguard yesterday, in their one-room apartment at Aluminum village, Dopemu, Lagos, Gloria said: “I am happy that Nigerians came to our rescue after the publication of my story by Vanguard. My prayer is that every one that contributed will never be put to shame.” Narrating how God used the publication in Vanguard to bring respite to her family, Gloria said: “Early on Wednesday morning, while we were still cleaning the babies, the Medical Director of the hospital came into the ward and said we should move to another ward that had a small bed because she had a new patient. “I pleaded with her but she refused and dragged us out. People gathered and began to beg her; I was crying, unknown to me that God was sending help. “She said we do not have helper and that we will pay every dime before she would allow us leave the hospital. That was before she found out that Vanguard had written a story about our plight. She became furious that Vanguard published the story, saying that we rubbished the hospital in the media. Donors arrive “She said I am a foolish illiterate for telling Vanguard that the bill was N35,000 instead of increasing it to N200,000 so that people would contribute more. “Immediately after, as God would have it, a man who read the story in Vanguard came to the hospital and went to the Medical Director’s office to verify and paid N32,000 cash. I thanked him. The next set of people were from the Ministry of Women Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, WAPA, in Alausa, who went to the Medical Director’s office to discuss with her before coming to the ward to see me. “They said they were sent to verify the situation and that they would get back to us. Later a woman and three others came. I suspected they were from an NGO. After speaking with the Medical Director, they presented a cheque of N35,000 to her in respect of the bill. They took pictures with the babies and I before leaving. “Another man came to the hospital, claiming that his elder brother, who lives in Abuja, read our story in Vanguard and sent a cheque to us. I explained everything to him. He collected my husband’s details before going to see the Medical Director, who also gave him her bank details. “Eventually, he paid N32,000 to the Medical Director’s bank account and N25,000 to our account.” Controversies over monies Mrs. Gloria Okore said later in the evening, the Medical Director, Ngozi Nwachukwu, came to the ward and said the cheque the NGO gave to her was invalid as she could not cash the cheque. She added: “Before we left the hospital, a woman came to the hospital and transferred N10,000 to the hospital’s bank account before discovering that the outstanding bill had been cleared. “When she discovered that she asked the Medical Director to give me the money for the upkeep of the babies. Yet she denied that she received any payment. Even when the lady in question sent transaction details.” A donor’s experience Speaking to Vanguard yesterday, Merit Oloruntobi, who transferred the said N10,000 to Blessylva’s Access Bank account, said: “I do not know these people from anywhere. I read the story and it touched me. “On my way back from work at about 6p.m., I went to the hospital. After discussing with the Medical Director, I transferred N10,000 via POS at about 7:12p.m. I later discovered through the mother of the babies that other people had paid the outstanding balance. So I told the Director to withdraw the money and give it to them. “Surprisingly, when I called them to find out if they had collected the money, they said the Director said the money did not reflect in her account. Even when I called her, she said the same thing.” Hospital reacts Reacting to the allegations, Ngozi Nwachukwu, the Medical Director, said: “Gloria and her husband never gave me any money; it was people, who read the story, that came to the hospital. “I never detained them. Immediately the outstanding balance of N67,000 was completed, I discharged them and gave them the receipt. “Some people from Mutilinks Computer Services came to the hospital and paid N500,000 for her. I took the person to her and they gave her the money. “As for Merit’s donation, it is in my account. I told them that it is part of the bills, but if they want I can refund the N10,000. “Concerning the cheque that some people gave to me, it is still here with me. I have not even cleared it. When I got to the bank, they said I have to pay it into my account and that after three days I can withdraw it. When I came back from the bank, I told Gloria. “The money from everybody that came to assist them in the hospital, I gave them. Why does this lady want to spoil my name after all I did for them?” Vanguard then called Gloria, who confirmed that some people came and gave her N500,000. She claimed it escaped her while she was telling Vanguard about the donations earlier. Equally, when Vanguard got back to Merit later, she said the Medical Director had confirmed that she finally received alert for the N10,000 transaction. Meanwhile, WAPA’s Director, Mrs Fadiro, said plans were on to take the surviving babies to a government hospital for adequate medical care and treatment.
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LAGOS—Mrs Gloria Okore, the woman detained for seven weeks by Bessylva Hospital and Maternity Home, Agege, following her inability to settle a debt of N35,000 after being delivered of triplets, has thanked Nigerians for coming to her rescue by paying the outstanding bills.Read more at: http://www.mospringreources.com
She said after harassing her, the hospital authorities said she was foolish to tell Vanguard that her debt was N35,000; that she should have said it was N200,000. However, contacted, the hopsital’s Medical Director, Ngozi Nwachukwu, said Mrs Okore was being ungrateful. She said as soon as the balance of their bill was off set, every other donation was given to the couple, including the N500,000 donated by Mutilinks Computer Services. Meanwhile, speaking with Vanguard yesterday, in their one-room apartment at Aluminum village, Dopemu, Lagos, Gloria said: “I am happy that Nigerians came to our rescue after the publication of my story by Vanguard. My prayer is that every one that contributed will never be put to shame.” Narrating how God used the publication in Vanguard to bring respite to her family, Gloria said: “Early on Wednesday morning, while we were still cleaning the babies, the Medical Director of the hospital came into the ward and said we should move to another ward that had a small bed because she had a new patient. “I pleaded with her but she refused and dragged us out. People gathered and began to beg her; I was crying, unknown to me that God was sending help. “She said we do not have helper and that we will pay every dime before she would allow us leave the hospital. That was before she found out that Vanguard had written a story about our plight. She became furious that Vanguard published the story, saying that we rubbished the hospital in the media. Donors arrive “She said I am a foolish illiterate for telling Vanguard that the bill was N35,000 instead of increasing it to N200,000 so that people would contribute more. “Immediately after, as God would have it, a man who read the story in Vanguard came to the hospital and went to the Medical Director’s office to verify and paid N32,000 cash. I thanked him. The next set of people were from the Ministry of Women Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, WAPA, in Alausa, who went to the Medical Director’s office to discuss with her before coming to the ward to see me. “They said they were sent to verify the situation and that they would get back to us. Later a woman and three others came. I suspected they were from an NGO. After speaking with the Medical Director, they presented a cheque of N35,000 to her in respect of the bill. They took pictures with the babies and I before leaving. “Another man came to the hospital, claiming that his elder brother, who lives in Abuja, read our story in Vanguard and sent a cheque to us. I explained everything to him. He collected my husband’s details before going to see the Medical Director, who also gave him her bank details. “Eventually, he paid N32,000 to the Medical Director’s bank account and N25,000 to our account.” Controversies over monies Mrs. Gloria Okore said later in the evening, the Medical Director, Ngozi Nwachukwu, came to the ward and said the cheque the NGO gave to her was invalid as she could not cash the cheque. She added: “Before we left the hospital, a woman came to the hospital and transferred N10,000 to the hospital’s bank account before discovering that the outstanding bill had been cleared. “When she discovered that she asked the Medical Director to give me the money for the upkeep of the babies. Yet she denied that she received any payment. Even when the lady in question sent transaction details.” A donor’s experience Speaking to Vanguard yesterday, Merit Oloruntobi, who transferred the said N10,000 to Blessylva’s Access Bank account, said: “I do not know these people from anywhere. I read the story and it touched me. “On my way back from work at about 6p.m., I went to the hospital. After discussing with the Medical Director, I transferred N10,000 via POS at about 7:12p.m. I later discovered through the mother of the babies that other people had paid the outstanding balance. So I told the Director to withdraw the money and give it to them. “Surprisingly, when I called them to find out if they had collected the money, they said the Director said the money did not reflect in her account. Even when I called her, she said the same thing.” Hospital reacts Reacting to the allegations, Ngozi Nwachukwu, the Medical Director, said: “Gloria and her husband never gave me any money; it was people, who read the story, that came to the hospital. “I never detained them. Immediately the outstanding balance of N67,000 was completed, I discharged them and gave them the receipt. “Some people from Mutilinks Computer Services came to the hospital and paid N500,000 for her. I took the person to her and they gave her the money. “As for Merit’s donation, it is in my account. I told them that it is part of the bills, but if they want I can refund the N10,000. “Concerning the cheque that some people gave to me, it is still here with me. I have not even cleared it. When I got to the bank, they said I have to pay it into my account and that after three days I can withdraw it. When I came back from the bank, I told Gloria. “The money from everybody that came to assist them in the hospital, I gave them. Why does this lady want to spoil my name after all I did for them?” Vanguard then called Gloria, who confirmed that some people came and gave her N500,000. She claimed it escaped her while she was telling Vanguard about the donations earlier. Equally, when Vanguard got back to Merit later, she said the Medical Director had confirmed that she finally received alert for the N10,000 transaction. Meanwhile, WAPA’s Director, Mrs Fadiro, said plans were on to take the surviving babies to a government hospital for adequate medical care and treatment.
Forgery: Senate walks out Buhari’s aide, as AGF again shuns Senate summon
ABUJA—The crisis rocking the Senate over alleged forgery of the 2015 Standing Order yesterday took another dimension as the Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters walked out the Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Prosecution, Okoi Obono- Oblo.
The committee also noted that failure of the Attorney General of the Federation, AGF, and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN, to appear was not only a slap on the Senate, but also insultive. The AGF, for the second time yesterday, shunned the summon of Senate to explain why he dragged the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu and two others to court over alleged forgery of the Senate Standing Order. Soon after Oblo, who appeared before the committee, headed by Senator David Umaru, APC Niger East, introduced himself as the Special Assistant to President Buhari who is attached to the office of the Minister, the Committee members dismissed his presence insisting on seeing the AGF and not the President. Umaru told Mr. Obono-obla that the committee did not invite President Muhammadu Buhari, but the Justice Minister, adding that since the Minister failed to honour the invitation, he did not respond to the committee. Umaru, who noted that the Minister had initially requested that the committee grant him time to study the issues, stressed that there was an imminent threat to democracy because of the action of the AGF. “Our democracy is seriously under threat because the AGF who had asked for time to prepare has now refused to appear. We cannot hear you, I am sorry,’’ he said. Corroborating the Committee Chairman, one of the members of the Committee, Senator Chukwuka Utazi, said the committee never invited the President, but the Attorney General and since he has failed to honour the invitation, it thus means that the Minister did not respond to the invitation of the committee. Senator Utazi, who is the Chairman, Senate Committee on Anti- Corruption, said: “We did not invite the president to appear before us, so since the AGF is not here, we deem it that he did not respond to our invitation. This (failure of AGF to appear before the senate) is a slap on this arm of government. The AGF had refused to appear before us, leaving us to decide what to do. According to him, the senate committee is only interested in asking the AGF questions on his decision to initiate the prosecution of the principal officers of the Senate, despite ongoing cases in courts of coordinate jurisdiction, challenging the case against the leaders of the Senate. Soon after the senators said they will not hear him, Okoi Obono-Oblo stormed out of the venue, the Senate Meeting Room 313, 3rd Floor, New Senate Building, National Assembly Complex. After the exit of Okoi Obono – Oblo from the meeting room, Chairman of the Committee, David Umaru, noted that the action of the AGF showed total lack of respect for the parliament, especially the Senate,. He said the committee would report back to the entire Senate at plenary where an action would then be taken. Senator Umaru said: “ Having invited the AGF twice to appear before us as mandated by the Senate without him responding to the summons. This committee will surely report the matter to the Senate at plenary for appropriate action.” But speaking with journalists outside the meeting room, the Special Assistant to President Buhari on Prosecution, said it was unconstitutional for the Senate to summon the Attorney General because the red chambers couldn’t be a judge in its own case, just as he said that the Presidency had no confidence in the Senate Committee. Defending the Minister of Justice for dragging Senate President Saraki, his Deputy, Senator Ike Ekweremadu and others to court, Oblo noted that the Attorney General had the right to do that. He said those allegedly involved should go and defend themselves in court, adding that being the Senate President did not make Saraki bigger than the laws of the land. Okoi Obono- Oblo said: “The AGF has not done anything wrong. The AGF has not undermined democracy. He acted pursuant to the powers vested in him by the Constitution. Section 174 (1) says he can prosecute anybody. And he has done that. ‘’The Senate is not on trial. He has not taken the Senate to court. He has taken four persons to court. They are not the Senate. Being President of the Senate does not make you the Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. “The matter was investigated by the police and a prima facie case was established and the AG invoked his powers under Section 174 (1) to initiate criminal proceedings against those persons. And this matter is now before a court of law. There is separation of powers in Nigeria. It is not position of the Senate to constitute themselves into a court of law. “ On the issues raised by Saraki that what was happening was an infringement on their powers, the Presidential aide said: “It is not. How does it? When asked that the matter was simply an internal affair of the Senate, he said: “It is not true. If I go to the chambers of the National Assembly to shoot you, would it be an internal affair? The Senate Rule is a law and somebody allegedly forged the rules.” Asked how he knew the standing Order was forged, Oblo answered thus, “the police investigation.” On whether the police wrote the rules in the first place, he said: “That question is neither here nor there. They don’t need to write the rules. If I forge a certificate, will you say that the police did not give me the certificate?”
The committee also noted that failure of the Attorney General of the Federation, AGF, and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN, to appear was not only a slap on the Senate, but also insultive. The AGF, for the second time yesterday, shunned the summon of Senate to explain why he dragged the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu and two others to court over alleged forgery of the Senate Standing Order. Soon after Oblo, who appeared before the committee, headed by Senator David Umaru, APC Niger East, introduced himself as the Special Assistant to President Buhari who is attached to the office of the Minister, the Committee members dismissed his presence insisting on seeing the AGF and not the President. Umaru told Mr. Obono-obla that the committee did not invite President Muhammadu Buhari, but the Justice Minister, adding that since the Minister failed to honour the invitation, he did not respond to the committee. Umaru, who noted that the Minister had initially requested that the committee grant him time to study the issues, stressed that there was an imminent threat to democracy because of the action of the AGF. “Our democracy is seriously under threat because the AGF who had asked for time to prepare has now refused to appear. We cannot hear you, I am sorry,’’ he said. Corroborating the Committee Chairman, one of the members of the Committee, Senator Chukwuka Utazi, said the committee never invited the President, but the Attorney General and since he has failed to honour the invitation, it thus means that the Minister did not respond to the invitation of the committee. Senator Utazi, who is the Chairman, Senate Committee on Anti- Corruption, said: “We did not invite the president to appear before us, so since the AGF is not here, we deem it that he did not respond to our invitation. This (failure of AGF to appear before the senate) is a slap on this arm of government. The AGF had refused to appear before us, leaving us to decide what to do. According to him, the senate committee is only interested in asking the AGF questions on his decision to initiate the prosecution of the principal officers of the Senate, despite ongoing cases in courts of coordinate jurisdiction, challenging the case against the leaders of the Senate. Soon after the senators said they will not hear him, Okoi Obono-Oblo stormed out of the venue, the Senate Meeting Room 313, 3rd Floor, New Senate Building, National Assembly Complex. After the exit of Okoi Obono – Oblo from the meeting room, Chairman of the Committee, David Umaru, noted that the action of the AGF showed total lack of respect for the parliament, especially the Senate,. He said the committee would report back to the entire Senate at plenary where an action would then be taken. Senator Umaru said: “ Having invited the AGF twice to appear before us as mandated by the Senate without him responding to the summons. This committee will surely report the matter to the Senate at plenary for appropriate action.” But speaking with journalists outside the meeting room, the Special Assistant to President Buhari on Prosecution, said it was unconstitutional for the Senate to summon the Attorney General because the red chambers couldn’t be a judge in its own case, just as he said that the Presidency had no confidence in the Senate Committee. Defending the Minister of Justice for dragging Senate President Saraki, his Deputy, Senator Ike Ekweremadu and others to court, Oblo noted that the Attorney General had the right to do that. He said those allegedly involved should go and defend themselves in court, adding that being the Senate President did not make Saraki bigger than the laws of the land. Okoi Obono- Oblo said: “The AGF has not done anything wrong. The AGF has not undermined democracy. He acted pursuant to the powers vested in him by the Constitution. Section 174 (1) says he can prosecute anybody. And he has done that. ‘’The Senate is not on trial. He has not taken the Senate to court. He has taken four persons to court. They are not the Senate. Being President of the Senate does not make you the Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. “The matter was investigated by the police and a prima facie case was established and the AG invoked his powers under Section 174 (1) to initiate criminal proceedings against those persons. And this matter is now before a court of law. There is separation of powers in Nigeria. It is not position of the Senate to constitute themselves into a court of law. “ On the issues raised by Saraki that what was happening was an infringement on their powers, the Presidential aide said: “It is not. How does it? When asked that the matter was simply an internal affair of the Senate, he said: “It is not true. If I go to the chambers of the National Assembly to shoot you, would it be an internal affair? The Senate Rule is a law and somebody allegedly forged the rules.” Asked how he knew the standing Order was forged, Oblo answered thus, “the police investigation.” On whether the police wrote the rules in the first place, he said: “That question is neither here nor there. They don’t need to write the rules. If I forge a certificate, will you say that the police did not give me the certificate?”
If I married a sex addict, I would be his antidote - Ijeoma Imoh
Being stuck with a sex addict is something most women dread, so much so, they cringe at the mere thought of it. For simple clarification, a sex addict is someone whose sex drive is at overdrive, obsessive and out of control. The sexual addiction could involve sex with a partner, but it may also mean activities such as viewing pornography, masturbation, exhibition/voyeurism, visiting prostitutes, using sex chat lines and indulging in other excessive sexual pursuits. While for most people such habits don’t cause problems, sex addicts are unable to control these urges and actions which have debilitating effects on them. In what was a routine opinion sampling, Potpourri asked some actresses what they would do if they suddenly discovered they have married a sex addict. Spontaneously, many said they would seek for divorce and very few said they would look for solution. But for sultry Nollywood actress, Ijeoma Imoh, her solution is meeting fire for fire. She said she would accommodate his excesses. “I’ll be ready to be his antidote” she said smugly. “ Since I wouldn’t want him out there, right? Learn more sexual skills. Be his whore, bitch, prostitute etc. It doesn’t mean he would not look elsewhere but you can only try your best” she added
Female pastor fights 9 persons while wearing bra, underpants
After 10 years of unresolved marital crises, an Igando Customary Court in Lagos on Wednesday dissolved the marriage between a 42-year- old pastor and evangelist, Racheal, and her businessman-husband, Mr Joseph Aduwo. The President of the court, Mr Adegboyega Omilola, who gave the verdict, cited frequent fighting between the man and his wife. To the former husband, the dissolution of the 10-year-old marriage is good riddance to bad rubbish. “My wife, who is a pastor, an evangelist, a church interpreter and women leader, fought with nine persons in a day on our street, wearing only bra and underpants. “She is a shameless street fighter,’’ he told the court. The court’s president said he was convinced that the couple could no longer live together as the petitioner insisted on divorce after several unsuccessful interventions. He ruled:“The court has no choice than to dissolve the union in spite of the fact that the wife claims she still loves her husband. “The court hereby pronounces the marriage between Joseph Aduwo and Racheal dissolved today; both parties henceforth cease to be husband and wife. “You are free to go your separate ways without hindrances and molestation.” The petitioner, Aduwo, 59, had approached the court seeking the dissolution of the marriage who he described as a street fighter. “My wife one day engaged in fights from 8.00 a.m. to 11.00 p.m. and residents were begging her to stop but she refused. “I also pleaded with her but instead she cursed me and I was ashamed of myself. “I had to take her pictures with my phone when she was fighting in the public with only brassier and sent the pictures to her family,” he also told the court. He accused Racheal of maltreating his three children he had from another woman. “My wife has been hostile to my children and they had to vacate my house and rent an apartment elsewhere. “She fights my friends and relatives anytime they visit me and this has prevented them from coming to my house,’’ said the estranged husband, who pleaded with the court to dissolve the marriage. Racheal, however, denied all the allegations, saying: “I used to prepare food in the morning, afternoon and evening for my husband. “The court should not grant his request for a divorce as I still love him.’’
LAGOS—United Niger Delta Energy Development Security Strategy, UNDEDSS, on Thursday, accused the President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government of toying with the nation’s unity and future. Buhari Addressing newsmen after an executive meeting, UNDEDSS Secretary General, Mr Tony Uranta, stated that the Niger Delta has “unanimously resolved to resist any further attempts by the Federal Government to toy with Nigeria’s future by continuing to maliciously deploy the military in the region or attempting to deploy sinister divide and rule tactics against the region’s key actors.” Uranta said that “President Muhammadu Buhari is advised to personally and visibly head a holistic solution-seeking strategy that will prove his commitment to a robustly sustainable peace in the region, for there to be true unity, stability and progress in Nigeria.” He decried what he called “the ongoing farce by too many of President Buhari’s political friends and ministers, who are wasting time establishing so-called contact committees that will not resolve pertinent issues sustainable.” He urged the Buhari administration to “return to the successful Yar’Adua template of 2009,” noting that former President Goodluck Jonathan failed to consolidate on Yar’Adua’s gains in the region. According to him, the Federal Government has been made aware of how to resolve this avoidable crisis. He also called on the President to address the nation on an indefinite government ceasefire to be matched by armed actors in the region, government’s commitment to the National Maritime University, Okerenkoko and, the appointment of a savvy Special Adviser (Niger Delta Affairs). Thursday 30 June 2016
Ojo Maduekwe died 3 days before his wife’s birthday – Source
– Maduekwe, a former minister of foreign affairs, was aged 71
– He died at a time his family were preparing for a celebration
A source close to the Late Chief Ojo Maduekwe has told NAIJ.com that the former minister died just three days to the celebration of his wife’s birthday.
Chief Maduekwe’s spouse, Mrs Ucha Maduekwe was said to be preparing to celebrate her birthday on Saturday, July 2.
According to the source who choose to be anonymous, efforts were already in top gear to celebrate Mrs Maduekwe by her friends and family before the sudden death of her husband.
His words: ”Madam was supposed to celebrate her birthday on Saturday, and preparations were ongoing by everybody to ensure it went well.
”That was even why oga was returning back to Nigeria. Unfortunately he died few minutes after he landed. We are still in shock.”
The source also revealed that some of the relations of Mrs Maduekwe outside the shores of Nigeria were already around for the birthday, adding that the clothes meant for the party had also been distributed.
”Aso-ebi had been distributed and the family had invited all their loved ones only for this to happen. It is just sad.” he added.
The Late Maduekwe was said to have fallen ill on a flight from Dubai and was rushed to the hospital as soon as the plane landed in Abuja where he passed away before doctors could attend to him.
Family, friends and associates have paying homage to a man many say had a calming influence in Nigeria’s political space.
correspondent was at the home of the Maduekwes this morning at the Ministers Hill, Mabushi where many prominent Nigerians had gathered to pay their respects.
Early callers at the residence include former minister of Niger Delta affairs; Elder Godsday Orubebe, former governor of Rivers state; Dr Peter Odili, former deputy governor of Plateau state; Mrs Pauline Tallen and former minister of health, Dr ABC Nwosu.
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