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The head of the Eritrean Con-sulate in Toronto has been or-

dered to leave Canada in the wake of reports that said Semere Ghe-bremariam O. Micael has been involved in soliciting a “diaspora tax” from Eritreans in Canada.

Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird issued a news release Wednesday that said he has taken steps to expel Micael and he must leave by noon ET on June 5.

“Today’s actions speak for themselves,” Baird said. “Cana-da has repeatedly made clear to Eritrea to respect international sanctions and Canadian law.”

Baird’s office wouldn’t give the specific reason why Micael is be-ing expelled but the move comes days after CBC News and other media have been reporting on the activities of his office.

Deepak Obhrai, parliamentary secretary to Baird, gave more of an explanation when he spoke to

reporters Wednesday morning.“We have been very much con-

cerned with the actions of the Eritrean consul general here in Canada. We had asked him at the early stages not to do this, it is contrary to our laws, but our information is that they contin-ued doing it,” said Obhrai. “And so we finally had to take action. We cannot allow our territory to

be used for fundraising for other countries.”

Baird was asked specifically if Micael was expelled because of the tax scheme when he spoke to reporters to announce new sanc-

Foreign affairs minister John Baird

tions on Iran Wednesday after-noon.

“For legal reasons, I’m just go-ing to say his activities weren’t consistent with his diplomatic role and I’m going to leave it at that,” Baird said.

He called the expulsion a “sig-nificant diplomatic step” that underlines his concerns with Mi-cael’s activities.

The dictatorship in Eritrea imposes what the UN has con-demned as a worldwide “diaspora tax” on its nationals, valued at two per cent of their income.

It often adds a second tax of up to $500, described on the Eritrean government clearance form as a “donation to national

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Opportunities come and go. Sometimes we can seize them and sometimes we can’t.

Mayor Rob Ford is no stranger to the revolving door of life’s fortunes and misfortunes. Despite the controversy surrounding Rob Ford, we can’t help but feel sorry for him. We’ve seen many images of the Mayor looking distressed and anxious. But something has changed in the past day. There is a calming of the storm of uncertainty and ac-cusation that has surrounded him recentlt. Readers who have been following the saga will be familiar with the headlines that have domi-nated in the media this week. A video recording of Mayor Tom Ford allegedly smok-ing crack cocaine was shown to the Toronto Star and the Gawker; the story hits the media. The video goes on sale and the Gawker raises the $200 000 on the price tag. The beleaguered mayor fires his chief of staff, and his press secretaries resign from office. Ford is fired from his job as a football coach at a

catholic school. Bizarrely, the video and the people sell-ing the video disappear and don’t collect the money on offer from the Gawker. Ac-cording to CNN there is a lot that we don’t know, but Rob Ford is smiling again and its business as usual behind the revolving doors at City Hall.

The Eritrean consul gen-eral in Toronto, Semere Ghe-bremariam O Micael will no doubt be wondering where he is going on June 5 when he exits Canada after being ex-pelled for charging a “diaspo-ra tax”. He has been declared to be a “persona non grata”. The Foreign Affairs minis-ter drew a diplomatic veil over his reasons for expelling Micael over the money rais-ing scheme, but we suspect that methods of enforcing payments are less than fair to the folks back home. The expulsion has not come out of the blue. Baird showed O Micael the yellow card after Eritrea was told to respect international sanctions. The Eritrean representative has been told, in no uncertain terms that he must play by the rules.

There is no greater master of playing fair and seizing opportunities than Sunday Oliseh. It is always pleas-ing to hear news of personal achievement through hard work, determination and passion. This week it was revealed that Oliseh, For-mer Super Eagles of Nigeria’s Captain, fulfilled every man and boy’s secret fantasy. It was leaked on Twitter that he has been selected for a job in FIFA. Oliseh’s glowing career so far includes no less than 60 appearances for Nigeria, he is also a licensed UEFA coach, and a Super Sport Soccer Analyst. You make us proud Mr Olisheh. Hats off to you.

“Hats off” was also the order of the day in Lagos Public Schools on Tuesday, but in a different sense. It was announced by the Lagos state government that female students were banned from the use of Hijab. The ban has caused outcry from the Obafemi Awolowo Univer-sity Muslim Graduates As-sociation (UNIFEMGA). It was argued that the wearing Hijab would cause confu-sion and breakdown of the

law. Others believe that ban-ning Hijab does not promote harmony and equity. The banning of Hijab in schools will result in children being pulled out of public educa-tion and into private estab-lishments. For some, access-ing education will no longer be an option. They should not feel that they are unwant-ed in Lagos public schools. The ladies among the no doubt well educated decision makers might well remem-ber what their parents taught them: you should hold the door open for others behind you. Our hearts go out to the girls who are worrying about where and if they can go to school.

It is difficult to feel much sympathy for shamed Sena-tors Duffy and Wallin. The Senators found themselves in more trouble over expenses claimed under the “honour system”. The system allowed them to claim for expenses without producing receipts. It defies belief how so much money could be siphoned away from the Canadian tax-payer in a blatant and con-tinuous lack of self-restraint.

Or does it? We are very used to seeing this type of greed and opportunism from poli-ticians back home. There appears to be something about getting into a position of power which leads some of us into temptation. Even though Duffy and Wallin have repaid their spurious expenses, the fact remains that they thought that they could get away with fleecing the public because they be-lieved that they were above the already lax rules on Sena-tors’ expense claims. Some opportunities should never be taken. We all have choices. Let’s make good ones.

continued from p(1)defence against Ethiopian in-vasion.”

Eritreans say tax collection ongoingThe CBC’s Rick MacInnes-

Rae reported last week that Baird’s department advised the Eritrean consul in Toronto in September that soliciting and collecting these taxes was incompatible with consular duties, and his accreditation would not be renewed if he and his consulate didn’t stop.

The consulate later indicated in writing that it would com-ply.

But an Eritrean in Toronto who did not want to be identi-fied told CBC that the practice hasn’t stopped and that if he doesn’t pay, his family in Er-

itrea “would get in trouble.”Another Eritrean, Teklezghi

Yohannes Gabir, provided au-dio to CBC from a meeting he attended in Winnipeg on April 21, with a voice he identifies as that of Micael sounding as if he is again soliciting money.

Gabir, 36, an Eritrean living in Winnipeg, has paid the tax in the past but refuses to pay any more, and offered the au-dio hoping it might help stop the collections.

Eritrean rep must ‘play by the rules’The Eritrean regime relies

on diaspora cash for hard cur-rency. But according to the UN, it also uses its money to support armed rebels oppos-ing Ethiopia, and others with ties to the notorious al-Sha-

baab movement in Somalia.Because of Eritrea’s desta-

bilizing role in the troubled Horn of Africa, the UN im-posed sanctions on the coun-try in 2009, hoping to choke off its access to arms and money.

Canada later adopted them, meaning those who pay are vi-olating UN sanctions and may also be breaking Canadian law according to past reports.

“Canada has repeatedly made clear to Eritrea to re-spect international sanctions and Canadian law,” Baird said in his statement. “The Eritrean government is welcome to propose another candidate to represent it in Canada, but that person must be prepared to play by the rules.

“Our resolve on this matter should not be further tested,” he said.

A source told CBC that Can-ada’s spy agency, the Canadian Security Intelligence Service, has contacted members of the Eritrean community for infor-mation about the tax scheme. Representatives from Baird’s department and Obhrai, have also had meetings with the community.

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A new study has suggested that red meat is not only bad for your health, but places your heart at greater risk of cardiovascular diseases as a result of a key component in it called L-carnitine. Meat-heavy diets have also been linked to increased risks of developing heart disease, diabetes, and some cancers.

Until recently, there has been the perception without strong scientific evidence that eating suya and other kind of red meat increases the risk of heart disease. The saturated fat and cho-lesterol they deliver were cited as key culprits. But a team of United States based researchers have revealed L-carnitine, a compound that is abundant in red meat as the dangerous ingredient.

According to this study which was published re-cently online in the journal Nature Medicine, eating red meat delivers L-carnitine to bacteria that live in the human gut. These bacte-ria digest L-carnitine and turn it into a compound called trimethylamine-N-oxide (TMAO). In studies in mice, TMAO was shown to cause atherosclerosis, the disease process that leads to cholesterol-clogged arteries. Clogged coronary arteries can lead to heart attacks.

“The studies of red meat and heart disease in hu-mans are conflicting,” says Dr. Dariush Mozaffarian, associate professor of medi-cine at Harvard-affiliated Brigham and Women’s Hos-pital. “This new research was well-done and com-pelling, but it’s too early to decide that this molecule, TMAO, causes atheroscle-rosis in humans or that this is responsible for some of the associations of meat in-take and risk.”

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Unprocessed red meat in-cludes virtually all fresh cuts of beef, pork, and the like. “If you look at people who eat unprocessed red meat, there is a relatively weak association with heart dis-ease,” Dr. Mozaffarian stated in his published study add-ing that “It’s not protective and healthier dietary choic-es exist but major harms are also not seen.”

In addition, research at the Harvard School of Pub-lic Health has shown that people who eat the most processed meats have a higher overall risk of death. According to experts, the ul-timate reason for this is not yet clear, but may be as a re-sult of the huge doses of so-dium delivered in them. In a related study, new findings from two long-term studies also indicate that eating lots of meat, especially processed meat, may also shorten hu-man life.

The new warning on red meat comes from a study of nearly 125,000 female nurses and male health pro-fessionals, whose diet and health have been followed by Harvard School of Public Health researchers for more than two decades. During this period, about 24,000 of the participants died from

cardiovascular disease or cancer. People in the study who ate the most red meat tended to die younger, and to die more often from car-diovascular disease and can-cer.

They also tended to weigh more, exercise less, smoke more, and drink more alco-hol than those who ate less red meat. Yet even when the researchers compensated for unhealthy lifestyle fac-tors, mortality and meat re-mained associated.

“This study provides clear evidence that regular con-sumption of red meat, es-pecially processed meat, contributes substantially to premature death,” said Dr. Frank Hu, one of the se-nior scientists involved in the study and a professor of nutrition at the Harvard School of Public Health.

Cutting back on red meat offers a life-extending divi-dend. In the Harvard study, adopting a diet with less than half a serving of red meat a day could have pre-vented about 1 in 10 deaths, says Dr. Walter Willett, a senior scientist on the team and chair of the depart-ments of nutrition and epi-demiology at the Harvard School of Public Health.

Swapping out red meat for more healthful protein sources is another life-ex-tending option. Six good choices include: fish, chick-en and turkey, nuts, beans, low-fat dairy products and whole grains. Replacing one serving a day of red meat with one of these options re-duced mortality in the study by 7% to 19%.

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Against increasing wor-ries on increasing cases of kidney problem in the so-ciety, a dietician, Mr Tunde Ajobo, has stressed the need for regular intake of water, stating this was important to protect from some cases of kidney damage.

Mr Ajobo, who spoke at a programme to mark World kidney day at the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan, Oyo State, said that adequate intake of water, especially in-be-tween meals and during the dry season is important to

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A neurologist at the hos-pital, Dr Yomi Raji while stating that between 20 and 30 million Nigerians have kidney disease, said often times many are not aware until their kidneys had been badly affected. He declared: “In the early stages of kid-

(NC)— Baby’s first teeth are crucial to healthy adult teeth, so be aware that early childhood cavities can lead to much bigger oral health is-sues later in life.

We don’t usually associ-ate cavities or gum disease with infants but in reality, oral diseases can begin very early. For example, early childhood caries is a form of severe tooth decay in the primary (baby) teeth of chil-dren from birth to age 3. It affects more than 10 per cent of preschool-aged children in Canada, but parents can reduce the risk by following these simple care tips with your little one:

• Be a good role model. Keep your own teeth and gums healthy.

• Wipe baby’s mouth and

gums with a clean, wet cloth or piece of gauze after feed-ing.

• Gently clean newly erupt-ed teeth with a small, soft toothbrush.

• Avoid fruit punches and other sweetened drinks in baby bottles, especially be-fore bed.

• Reduce the frequency of nighttime feedings.

• Use only pacifiers with an orthodontic design, and don’t dip it in sugary substances.

• Avoid transfer of your sa-liva onto items used by baby,

including bottles, cups, paci-fiers. Bacteria spreads.

• Rinse baby’s mouth with clear water immediately af-ter any liquid medication is given.

• Check for early warning signs by lifting up baby’s top lip. White, chalky teeth or brown or black stained teeth indicate a problem. Contact your dental professional im-mediately.

• Gradually introduce fresh fruits and vegetables to the diet. These foods, which re-quire chewing, stimulate sa-liva flow and help to neutral-ize acids.

• Begin regular dental visits by age one.

More tips and informa-tion about oral health care is available online at www.cdha.ca.

ney disease, most people will not be aware of it be-cause there are usually no signs. People only come to the hospital when the kid-ney disease has gone far.”

The expert stressed the need for regular tests of the kidneys to ensure early de-tection of any kidney prob-lem, saying that when a

kidney disease is picked up in its early stage, measures can be put in place to re-duce or retard the progres-sion of the disease.

Dr Raji, however, stated that individuals with poor-ly controlled blood pressure and blood sugar or with an infection of the kidney stand a higher tendency of

their kidney failing if steps are not taken.

Even as HIV has joined the group of diseases that destroys the kidney, Dr Raji urged people to prevent having kidney problems because the cost of its treat-ment is enormous.

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IBADAN - FEW hours after the Oyo State Police Command arrested a man with 3,500 live cartridges, the Oyo/Osun Area Com-mand of Nigeria Customs Service also impounded a vehicle loaded with 56,750 rounds of ammunition at Saki in Oke Ogun area of Oyo State.

The Customs Area Con-troller, Mr Richard Oteri, said the vehicle conveying the ammunition was arrest-ed along the Igboho road in Saki.

Disclosing that the con-traband was concealed in bags packed with dried cas-sava tubers, he appealed to royal fathers and commu-nity leaders to sensitize their subjects on the dangers of smuggling especially in

the light of serious security challenges in the country.

He said the command generated more than N4.5 billion in the first quarter of this year.

The breakdown showed thatN49,726,393 was made from revenue collected on vehicles between January and April this year.

Oteri further explained that 2,716 bags of rice, 28 fairly used assorted cars and SUVs, 2,500 cartons of fro-zen product, a lorry loaded with 700 cartons of foreign shoes, a bus loaded with textile materials and 521 used tyres concealed with 600 bags of animal feeds in a trailer were seized by his command.

Oteri later handed over the ammunition to the Dep-uty Commissioner of Police, Operations, Oyo State Po-lice Command, Musa Kimo.

Kimo, while receiving the

ammunition said “we shall not relent in ensuring ad-equate security”

Customs impounds N5.9m contraband

Also the Federal Opera-tions Unit, FOU, Zone C of the Nigeria Customs Ser-vice, NCS, yesterday, inter-cepted a trailer loaded with 62 sacks of second hand clothings.

Showing newsmen round the seized items, Customs Area Controller, CAC, Mr. Victor David Dimka, ex-plained that the vehicle was impounded at about 5.20 a.m along the ever busy Aba-Uyo federal highway.

“Sixty two bales of banned second hand clothes that were carefully concealed in a 10-tyre Mack tipping trail-er, were early this morning (yesterday) impounded by our operatives,” Dimka said.

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Former Bayelsa State Governor and ex-convict, DSP Alamieyeseigha has said that President Good-luck Jonathan had no choice in the state pardon he recently granted to him, as it was a deal that had been negotiated since the tenure of late President Umaru Yar’Adua.

““Well, it (state pardon) started during the late President Yar’Adua’s reign,” he said in Lagos. “It was a pardon that was negotiated. People who don’t know what happened are the ones talking.”

The ex-convict held back on what the deal was, but boasted that President Jonathan was his deputy as Bayelsa State Governor, and was part of the entire deal that he would disclose in a memoir he is writing.

“Like I said, the pardon was negotiated and if I ful-filled my own part of the bargain, why shouldn’t the Federal Government fulfill

its part?” he asked.“President Goodluck Jon-

athan was part of the ne-gotiating team. There is no person in this country that knows issues surround-ing Alamieyeseigha better than Mr President. He was my deputy governor and all that transpired were known to him. I am already writing my memoir. At the appro-priate time, you will know that my pardon was in or-der.”

Reviewing the comment today, a political observer in Abuja described Alami-eyeseigha “a balloon of hot air.”

He told SaharaReporters, “There is nothing that an in-

dividual convict could have negotiated with the fed-eral government by which to obtain pardon. Alams did not negotiate anything and could not have negoti-ated anything. This is like IBB telling Nigerians he will soon disclose the rea-son for annulling the 1992 elections. IBB has been making that promise for 20 years now, but he cannot fulfill it because words can-not frame the depth of his betrayal of Nigeria. Alams took advantage of a weak-ling in presidential office that used to be his Deputy Governor, that is all. I feel sorry for Nigeria and Ni-gerians.” Saharareporters gathered that Alamieye-seigha has begun moves to throw his full questionable weight behind President Jonathan’s 2015 presiden-tial ambitions, as that is the only way the ongoing hoax can survive.

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Having just quit a highly lu-crative job with tech giant Mi-crosoft in the United States, where he’d made millions working as a program manag-er, Patrick Awuah would wake up once in a while wondering if he’d done the right thing.

And then I read the words of Goethe,” remembers Awuah: “Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, pow-er and magic in it -- begin it now.”

What Awuah wanted to be-gin was to create a university in his native Ghana, a state-of-the-art education hub that would help educate the coun-try’s next generation of lead-ers.

Inspired by the saying of the famous German writer, Awuah moved with his fam-ily back to Ghana. There, he invested his own money and with the help of other donors he founded Ashesi University.

“Africa needs to have a re-naissance,” says Awuah, as he explains what drove him to take the risky decision.

“The world needs to change in this way and I strongly believe that people like me who have had the privilege of a great education need to be part of the solution; that I need to be really actively in-volved in helping to drive this change in Africa so that 30,

50 years from now, the world will be a different place for all people of African descent in the world.”

Fostering leadersLocated about an hour’s

drive from the capital Accra, Ashesi, which appropriately translates to “beginning,” is the first Ghanaian university to combine technical majors with a liberal arts approach.

Its vibrant campus, set on 100 acres in a town called Berekuso, was designed to be inspiring for the more than 500 young Ghanaians study-ing there.

And while Ashesi has al-ready come a long way -- when the school first opened in 2002 there was no cam-pus, just a couple of rented buildings for its 30 students -- Awuah plans to expand his offering as part of his dream of finding and developing Af-rica’s next problem solvers.

“In this country, only 5% of college-age kids go to college,” he says. “And there’s two prob-lems with that number: one is it’s too small, but the second is that everyone who goes to college by definition is going to be running this country one day, the 5% -- they’re go-ing to be running the courts, they’re going to be designing roads and buildings and in-frastructure, they’re going to be running the hospitals, the schools, the businesses.

“So when I look at universi-ties I see Africa fast-forward

30 years. When this 20-year-old is now in his or her 50s, that person is going to be a leader. And so I felt that en-gaging how that leadership, that future leadership core, is educated could be catalytic.”

Tough decisionsAwuah, who grew up in Ac-

cra, left Ghana in 1985 to pur-sue his own education in the United States. There, he got a job at Microsoft, spearhead-ing software design for dial-up internet access, making millions in the process.

He admits that quitting Mi-crosoft was not an easy deci-sion and credits his American wife for supporting him.

“I won’t lie to you -- it was tough,” says Awuah. “But I can tell you that when I men-tioned this idea to my wife, she immediately agreed,” he adds. “She’d never been to Africa before she met me and part of her conviction that this sounded like a good idea and her willingness to go ahead with it was very encouraging.”

Committed to providing greater education opportuni-ties in Ghana, he went back to school himself, earning a Master’s degree at Berkeley, one of the world’s top business schools. For his efforts, he’s

won many awards.

Changing the continentToday Ashesi, which cel-

ebrates its 10th anniversary this year, offers degrees in business, information systems and computer science, with plans to offer engineering and economics majors in the near future. Its graduation rate is between 70 and 90%, accord-ing to Awuah.

Total fees costs $9,000 a year, including tuition, hous-ing and meals. Awuah says the university brings together a diverse mix of students from different backgrounds, in-cluding scholarship-winning undergraduates from humble beginnings who are the first in their families to attend col-lege.

“Our last freshman class, 50% of that class paid full tu-ition, 25% were on full schol-arships and 25% on partial scholarships,” he says.”The reason why diversity’s so im-portant is that the most im-portant conversation on cam-pus is a conversation about the good society -- what is the good society we would like to see in Africa?’ That conversa-tion is a lot more interesting if you have diversity in the class-room,” adds Awuah.

“Because each person has an important perspective to share, but each person also has certain blinders that need to be peeled away -- that can be peeled away if they’re in a room with others who have other perspectives as they do.”

Looking ahead, Awuah says

When I look at universities, I see Africa

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he hopes Africa’s universities will cultivate a new generation of bold and innovative lead-ers, helping the continent to transform itself.

“If you come back in 30 years, universities will be competing for the best and brightest students,” he says. “I hope that universities will also be competing on things such as whose students are the most ethical,” he adds.” If that happens, it will change the continent.”

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Mr. Moro spoke in Abu-ja while briefing the Na-tional Working Commit-tee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) at the party’s national headquarters. In order to curb the security crisis as-sociated with porous bor-ders, the minister said Ni-geria needed more than $244 million. The fund would go into installation of electronic surveillance round the nation’s bor-ders. The minister added that the crisis of insecu-rity in the country was being compounded by the operation of 30 illegal guard companies in the country. He announced that only the operator of one of them had been arrested. Mr. Moro also revealed that some scam

artists “opened a website in the name of the minis-try which they have been using to dupe unsuspect-ing members of the pub-lic.

” He added: “One of them even used my name to open such [a] website, but we have been able to arrest him somewhere in Asokoro, Abuja, when I asked one of his would-be victims to play along with him.” The minister underscored the fact that Nigeria’s vast borders were porous, making it possible for the 1,497 il-legal routes to exist. “We are making efforts to pro-

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An Abuja High Court has recently revoked the notice of revocation issued by the FCT Administration on a plot of land allocated to Ha-jia Turai Yar’ Adua. Presid-ing Justice Peter Affen held that “the revocation issued by the Minister of Federal Capital Territory, Sen. Bala Mohammed, was “invalid,

null and void’’. Affen said that the plaintiff ’s right of occupancy over the 1.84 hectares of land remained valid and subsisting.

According to Affen, “there is no regular and proper overriding pub-lic interest to warrant the purported revocation’’. The judge said that it was

the dispute between the plaintiff and Mrs Patience Jonathan, wife of President Goodluck Jonathan, that led to the purported revo-cation.

“The plot belongs to WAYEF, a site for the build-ing of the head office of the plaintiff ’s pet project

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BuildForce Canada, a national construction organization, recently released this statistic in Construction Looking Forward. The document is a summary of the field’s projected growth and needs for the next 8 years.

This projected num-ber is somewhat less than last year, where the orga-nization theorized that 319,000 workers would be

needed. However, the Ca-nadian Construction As-sociation has stated that this does not mean the in-dustry’s needs are any less dire.

The construction indus-try in Canada is expanding at a rapid pace thanks to a booming natural resources trade as well as increased needs from the country’s population as a whole. As Canadians retire in larger and larger numbers, find-ing qualified candidates to replace workers in impor-tant sectors has become increasingly difficult. This

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Nigeria’s love of cham-pagne takes sales growth to second highest in world Not everyone in country where 63% live on less than $1 a day is impressed with the $50m and rising spent each year on fizz

The lyrics to Pop Cham-pagne – one of many Ni-gerian pop songs to pay homage to the ubiquitous French drink – are self explanatory. “We dey pop champagne, pop pop pop pop, pop champagne!” the song goes, as a night-club jumps with men holding bottles and wom-en glasses full of bubbly.

But Nigerians’ love of champagne is fast becom-ing fact as well as legend – with new figures fore-casting that champagne consumption in the west African country will reach 1.1 million litres by 2017, with 2011 con-sumption at almost 8bn naira (£31m).

The figures, from re-search company Eu-romonitor, found that

Nigeria had the fast-est growing rate of new champagne consump-tion in the world, second only to France, and ahead of rapid growth nations Brazil and China, and es-tablished markets such as the US and Australia.

“Champagne has its own demographic on the higher end of things – it’s not even about the mid-dle class, it’s about the elite,” said Spiros Malan-drakis, a senior analyst at Euromonitor.

“People may find it sur-prising that Nigeria came second in the rankings, but it has an extremely extravagant elite, with Nollywood and the oil in-dustry.”

Nigerians’ love of big spending has attracted growing attention in re-cent months. Last year figures revealed that Ni-gerian tourists in the UK are the fourth biggest foreign spenders, ring-ing up an average £500 in each shop where they make purchases – four times what the average UK shopper spends.

“At all the celebrity par-ties in Lagos, they always have champagne. And

it has to be the finest – Cristal, Dom Pérignon or Moet et Chandon rosé – these are the things that are important symbols here,” said Vanessa Wal-ters, the Lagos-based edi-tor of Nigerian women’s magazine Genevieve.

“People say that at ev-ery elite event the cham-pagne has to be flow-ing, and that how much champagne there is is a one-upmanship thing, like showing people that your house is bigger than theirs.”

But not everyone in Ni-geria – 63% of whose 160 million population still live on less than $1 a day – is impressed with the extent of Nigerian cham-pagne consumption.

“Nigerians’ unhealthy enthusiasm for anything foreign or imported is a plague that continues to pull the country back into this sort of wasteful expenditure,” said an edi-torial in Nigerian news-paper the Daily Trust in response to the figures.

“[These figures] reveal the profligacy that is of-fensive, if not obscene.”

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THE Federal Govern-ment has lamented the high incidence of tax evasion in the country as it observed that more than 350,000 companies are not paying tax.

To capture more com-panies and individuals in the wider tax net, the government is consider-ing the idea of E-pay-ment in the country.

Minister of state for finance, Dr Yerima Ngama disclosed this on Thursday, in Abu-ja while presenting a keynote address at the workshop of the African Tax Forum organised by the Federal Inland Rev-enue Services (FIRS)

Disclosing that it was regrettable that most companies in Nigeria were not remitting tax-es to government, the minister stressed that something has to be done urgently on this, if the economy must move forward.

Dr Ngama disclosed that the fall out of tax evasion is the high cost of doing business in Ni-geria. According to him, if all the companies are paying taxes, the gov-ernment can use the tax proceeds to take care of infrastructural facilities such as electricity, good

roads, water and many more, and in the process bring down the high cost of doing business for the benefit of all.

Apart from the high incidence of tax eva-sion, the minister stated that compare to the size of Nigeria, the quan-tum of taxes collected is nothing to write home about.

The situation, he said was caused by the large size of the informal sec-tor within the Nigerian economy.

Dr Ngama lamented that despite the fact the Nigeria is the num-ber one fastest growing economy in Africa and the fifth in the world, 54 per cent of business activities in Nigeria are taking place in the in-formal sector while the figure has reduced to 40 per cent at the present.

Unlike in Ghana which collects 21 per cent of its Gross Domes-tic Product (GDP) as taxes, the minister said it is only 7 per cent GDP in Nigeria. Describing the situation as unac-ceptable, Dr Ngama said the government would do all things possible to bring a larger part of the informal sector into the tax net with a view to raking more taxes.

The minister, applaud-ing the Nigerian Cus-tom Service for using e-payment in its duty collection stated that the federal government may consider the op-tion of using e-payment for tax collection as well so that more money will accrue to government in form of taxes.

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and so the dispute does not amount to overriding public interest,’’ the judge said.

Affen said that the claim by the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) that the plot had earlier been al-located for the building of the African First Lady Peace Mission was wrong.

“There is no evidence in all of the materials before me that the land had been initially granted. The Min-ister did not rely on the al-leged error while revoking the land but rather relied on evidence of overriding public interest. The disputed land, plot no. 1347 Cadas-

tral Zone AOO, Central Business District, Abuja, FCT, was initially allocat-ed to Women and Youth Empowerment Founda-tion (WAYEF) while Mrs Yar’adua was First Lady.

The Minister of the FCT, Bala Mohammed revoked the allocation for what he described as òverriding public interest’. He then re-allocated the same land to Mrs Jonathan for the build-ing of African First Lady Peace Mission Headquar-ters on the 2nd of Novem-ber, 2011. The action of the FCT administration is not tenable in law as it was done

contrary to the rules and law, and therefore will not stand.’’

Turai, the wife of Late President Umar Yar’Adua, approached the court seek-ing the revocation of the plot allegedly taken by Dame Patience.

The plaintiff said that the land allocated to WAYEF on Feb 19, 2010, was being trespassed upon by the Pres-ident’s wife. Those joined as co-defendants in the suit are the Minister of FCT, Federal Capital Administration, the Abuja Geographic Informa-tion System (AGIS) and the AGF.

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Canada gives $5m for Nigeria’s 2015 polls

Ex-McGill hospital boss Arthur Porter has 15 days to fight extradtion

African Development Bank approves

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ABIDJAN, Côte d’Ivoire, February 28, 2013/Afri-can Press Organization (APO)/ – The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group approved in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, a loan of US $300 million to finance the Transport Sector and Economic Governance Reform Program and the Nigeria Country Strategy Paper (CSP) for the period 2013-2017.

The loan aims to support the Nigerian Government to accelerate reform im-plementation in the areas of transport sector gover-nance, and public expen-diture management. Re-form measures include the establishment of a Federal Road Authority, National Road Maintenance Fund, Road-Tolling Policy, and Axel Load Control Policy.

In the areas of public financial management reform, the program in-volves the adoption of International Public Sec-tor Accounting Standards (IPSAS), Internal Audit Modernization Plan, Trea-suring Single Account (TSA), Government In-tegrated Public Financial Management (GIFMIS), and Transparency and Compliance in Procure-ment and Audit Practices.

The program will also

create fiscal space for in-creased investment in road infrastructure de-velopment. It is an inte-gral part of a broader set of interventions of the Bank designed to support Nigeria’s Transformation Agenda with emphasis to economic governance and infrastructure develop-ment.

The Country Strategy Paper outlines the Bank’s engagement and assis-tance to the Federal Re-public of Nigeria. It will focus on two strategic pillars, namely support-ing the development of a sound policy environ-ment, and investing in critical infrastructure to promote the development of the real sector of the economy. The strategy is aligned with the Govern-ment’s long term develop-ment agenda.

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The Canadian govern-ment has said it was satisfied with Nigeria’s democratic credentials and promised to provide the Indepen-dent National Electoral commission (INEC) with $5 million to conduct the 2015 general elections.The Canadian High Commis-sioner to Nigeria, Mr Chris Cooter, said at an interac-tive session with the media and civil society groups on Sunday in Benin city, that his country was impressed

with INEC’s conduct of the 2011 general elections and other subsequent elections in some states of the fed-eration.

“We hope it will get better in 2015 and we have dedi-cated about five million dollars to that project.

“We will be working with Prof. Jega and INEC very closely to promote democracy in Nigeria” he declared.

The High Commissioner acknowledged that since

his arrival in the country three years ago, “we have seen great improvements in governance in your country.

“It does not mean we have to have a revolution, but it just means that there has to be a little more of trans-parency in governance and a bit more of good gover-nance to make a difference in most peoples’ lives.

“It is never a straight path. But a path that requires lots of people working together,

But I am confident that Nigeria will make lots of progress because we have had a great year with Ni-geria”.

He however, added that the vibrant presence of civil society groups “is a guaran-tor of good governance”.

He said after travelling to 29 of the 36 states in Nige-ria, he could realize the im-proved difference in gover-nance.

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Former colleagues and associates of Arthur Por-ter are watching closely as Canadian authorities work to extradite the influential businessman and former head of the McGill Univer-sity Health Centre follow-ing his arrest in Panama on fraud charges.

Porter, the former head of Canada’s spy-agency watch-dog and one-time MUHC CEO, was arrested by Inter-pol Monday at 2:30 p.m. at a hotel, according to Pana-ma’s national police service.

His wife, Pamela, was ar-rested on Sunday night at 11:40 p.m. local time short-ly after arriving at Tocumen airport near Panama City with Porter.

Although the Sierra Le-one-born Porter arrived at the same time as his wife, he avoided being arrested Sunday night by, according to La Presse, telling police he was a diplomat.

He was arrested the next day. He and his wife are currently being kept in sep-arate cells in Panama City.

He now has 15 days to fight extradition.

Local authorities, operat-ing under a “red notice” is-sued by Canadian authori-ties, detained Porter and his wife soon after the pair had arrived in Panama.

They were en route to Trinidad and Tobago, an is-land nation off the coast of Venezuela.

Porter has previously told Canadian media that he was too ill with stage-4 cancer to return to Canada to face the charges against him.

One doctor who worked under Porter at the MUHC says a lot of questions re-mained after Porter re-signed three months before the end of his contract.

“This is the concluding

episode of a very long and very sad saga, but I’ll be interested to see what hap-pens when he comes to tri-al,” said Dr. David Morris, an MUHC endocrinologist.

Following his early de-parture from the MUHC, Porter travelled to his clinic in Nassau, Bahamas. It was there that he told media he had diagnosed himself with terminal lung cancer.

The arrests come several months after Quebec police released an international warrant for his arrest, fol-lowing an investigation into the MUHC’s superhospital project.

The pair’s arrest was an-nounced in a statement by Quebec’s anti-corruption unit (UPAC), which said the operation was carried out with the help of the RCMP, Interpol and Que-

bec provincial police.Canada’s Department of

Justice has started extra-dition proceedings, but the timeline depends on whether Porter contests the extradition.

René Verret, spokesman for the Quebec Crown prosecutor’s office, said the process might only take a few days if Porter does not fight extradition.

Porter faces multiple charges (PDF), including:

- Fraud- Conspiracy to commit

government fraud- Abuse of trust- Secret commissions- Laundering the pro-

ceeds of a crimeHis wife is facing charges

for laundering the proceeds of a crime and conspiracy.

Until his abrupt depar-ture in December 2011, Porter was CEO of Canada’s

largest academic health in-stitution, in charge of one of Canada’s largest public construction projects, a $1.3-billion so-called su-perhospital.

Arrest warrants issued for Porter, 4 others

Porter is accused of be-ing at the heart of a scandal involving the superhospital and Montreal engineer-ing firm SNC-Lavalin, the company responsible for its construction.

In February, Quebec’s an-ti-corruption unit (UPAC) issued arrest warrants for Porter, along with four oth-ers suspected of conspiring to defraud the MUHC.

- Yanai Elbaz, former MUHC director

- Pierre Duhaime, former CEO of SNC-Lavalin

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Aviation company, Caver-ton Helicopters, has denied any relationship between it and Rivers State Gov-ernment over an aircraft with registration number N565RS, contrary to the submission by House of Representatives’ committees on Justice and Aviation.

In a statement recently, the aviation company de-nied the existence of such a relationship and demanded concrete evidence from those who claim otherwise.

It will be recalled that in their report, laid before the House on May 23, 2013, the committees not only submitted that there was an agency relationship be-tween Rivers State and the company, they called for the prosecution of Caverton Helicopters “for providing information that led the au-

thorities to wrongly believe that Rivers State Govern-ment falsified documents leading to the grounding of its aircraft.”

In a reaction, Caverton Helicopters said it was sur-prising how the committees arrived at such weighty po-sition and recommendation “without an independent, forensic investigation and without any counter-veiling evidence other than the mere say-so of a party to a dispute.” The statement, by Mr. Waziri Adio, Communi-cation Consultant to Caver-ton Helicopters, said: “We expected more rigour, nu-ance, balance and greater re-straint from such an august body. We challenge those who insist on manufactur-ing an ‘agency relationship’ where none exists, to show concrete evidence. Such

concrete evidence should include mandate from Riv-ers State Government to Caverton Helicopters on the said aircraft; evidence of payment(s) to Caverton He-licopters with correspond-ing invoice(s) for the pur-ported services provided by us to the state government in the last eight months on this aircraft; executed man-agement or agency contract between Rivers State Gov-ernment and Caverton Heli-copters; and any correspon-dences (whether through letter or email) on the issue during the past eight-month period we were purportedly involved with the aircraft.” The company maintained that the only relationship it had on the aircraft was an “unconsummated” one.

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expression “stuck together in the same boat” brought to life more vividly than in the recent Academy Award winning film “Life of Pi” directed by Ang Lee, based on the adventure novel of same title by Yann Martel. Piscine Molitor “Pi” Pa-tel is the sole survivor of a shipwreck that ends his family’s trip from India to Canada with their collec-tion of exotic animals. He is alone in a small boat in the middle of the sea with a surviving Bengal tiger. The tiger being not tamed poses an enormous diffi-culty for Pi, but using the meagre resources avail-able to him, he is gradu-ally able to train and bring the animal to do his bid-dings, allowing them both ultimately to foster peace and co-habit in the same lifeboat. The boat finally washes ashore on the coast of Mexico where the tiger promptly disappears into a nearby forest and Pi is res-cued. During his ordeal at sea, Pi admits that he may have died without the tiger the initial fear which keeps him alert, and his eventual care of the animal gives his life purpose.

The author says in an in-terview that he wrote the book in order to make peo-ple believe in God. View-ers of the film are indeed encouraged to believe in God, but without overtly seeking God. What seems to be specially designed to make one seek God would appear to make it obvious that God is not for seek-ing. The manifestation of God pervades all reali-ties, and although a man must first deny his own existence to deny God, the greater impact is brought about by the simple truths of daily life, not in the con-stant verbal invocations to acknowledge God. An employee is promoted in his employment based on hard work and respect of rules rather than a con-sistent shouting of the employer’s name. Many things are highlighted in the film to project the maj-esty of the Almighty, but what suffuses the senses is the overwhelming real-ity that forces man to look inward, focus on self reli-ance and adopt pragmatic measures for his survival. Any required help comes of its own accord, and it’s a waste of time to hanker hither and yon beyond the limits of one’s ability.

It is an illustration that confines man within his bounds where everything is already provided for and can be afforded.

We are all confronted in our individual lifeboats with problems we would love to prevent. But hard as we may try, we can neither outwit worries, flee mis-fortunes nor escape mis-haps that are designed to help us grow and mature. Psychologists paint prob-lems with palatable pastel to portray them as mere ‘difficulties’ or ‘challenges’, but the fact remains how-ever that the tough cir-cumstance that becomes our lot is in fact designed especially for us. Seeking to run away from it would be like an attempt to es-cape from a little boat with wild tiger in the middle of the sea. The outcome will be worse and help will be always too far off and un-attainable. True help lies in what we may make out of our circumstance; no man can run away from himself. Each man must find the answer to his own question.

Once we resolve the problem we evolve to the next stage of development; all debts are paid, every-thing is compensated and we can move on. This is beautifully illustrated with the tiger promptly jump-ing out of the boat once at shore and disappear-ing into the forest without as much as a mere glance backwards at Pi despite having been stranded at sea with him for 227 days.

Pi does not understand this and cries in disap-pointment. But in the way of nature, things are not designed to serve the sen-timents of individuals but rather to enforce balance. And looking back makes no difference in the final moment of separation.

We find that everything is presented in nature to fulfil our needs, and it is preposterous and conceited of us to go af-ter heavenly stars to the stark negligence of earthly sparks. We earnestly seek the knowledge of God but often fail to see the hints in the reality of our exis-tence, in the manifestation of His Will through the nature around us. We go to the end of the earth to seek inner peace, we scale the highest mountains but find no fulfilment. The question of God still sets everyone on every quest without rest; scientists are frustrated, atheists are ir-ritated, seekers seek in holy books, some listen to high priests, others await the coming of a deliverer and non is at ease. What we seek above is already provided below, but we don’t see. It is all as in the words of the poet, we “search for the Friend with all our passion and all our energy, until we learn that we don’t need to search”. Nothing has seemed to change since the times of the dreamers who seek treasure abroad but find it at home.

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Afterward, Misan and Ruth with some other peo-ple went to the restaurant on the 8th floor for refresh-ments. After settling down in a seat, Misan glanced round the hall at the white faces but none was An-tonio’s. She didn’t know whether that was good or bad. As they ate, there was an announcement by a male voice that the ship would arrive at Cozumel the fol-lowing day. She and her friend agreed to meet up in the morning for breakfast and leave for sight-seeing in the town at 10AM.

In the night, Misan tossed and turned under the com-forter, thinking. She was worrying again, she knew but how could she not wor-ry in this situation? Bring-ing Antonio into Weyin’s life would certainly affect some things. More impor-tantly, how would it affect Antonio? He might think she wanted to blackmail him. She didn’t sleep until about 1:00AM.

It was the intercom’s ring that woke her up. As she rolled out of the bed to pick it, she looked at the time. It was 9:10AM.

“Hello?”It was Ruth.“I’ll join you soon.” Misan

told her.After replacing the re-

ceiver, she went back on the bed to pray. She had her bath and wore one of her favorite dresses. She left the room and went to meet Ruth. Together, they entered the elevator to go to the 11th floor for breakfast at the general restaurant.

**********Antonio walked the

length of the hall to be sure Misan hadn’t come. Then he sat in a corner, reading a book, half-heartedly. He looked up intermittently to see if she was around.

Misan. He wondered what the name could mean.

He had been sitting for about twenty minutes when a lady came over to his ta-

ble.“Hi,” She called out.He looked up and saw a

heavily made up face. “Hi, how’re you doing?” He looked her over. The white lady was curvaceous in a mini skirt and a tight low cut top that revealed her midriff. He knew her type.

“Good. Are you alone?” She asked with a smile, flut-tering her false eyelashes at him.

“Yeah, I guess.”“May I join you?” She

asked as she sat down.“Sure.”“I am Vivica.” She reached

out to shake his hand.“Antonio.” He said simply,

noticing her red painted claw-like finger nails.

“Antonio.” She repeated the name slowly, not taking her eyes off him. “It’s a nice name, very masculine. I like it. It suits you.”

“Thank you. Are you traveling alone?” Antonio asked.

“Yes. It’s actually my first time. My friends came last year and told me it’s a lot of fun. What about you, are you travelling alone?”

“Yes.”“I bet it’s not your first

time, though.” She giggled in an inviting way.

“No, it’s not.” He answered patiently.

“Oh beautiful.” She took his hand. “In that case, Tony, maybe you’ll be kind enough to show me around.”

He winced at the way she called him. He carefully re-moved his hand and used it to hold his book.

She was still talking. “The only place I’ve been to is the

pool area.”“Well, maybe when I have

the time I can do that. I actually have some friends around.” His mind was twirling, thinking of how he might bring the talk to God. He knew she was flirt-ing with him and talking about God would make her leave. “I could also give you this book to read.” He held the book in his hand up. “It’s very interesting.”

“What’s the title?” She asked with a frown, looking at the book.

“A little of God.”“That’s weird. Is it a re-

ligious book?” She asked with irritation.

“Yes but I’m sure you’ll enjoy reading it.”

She held a hand up. “Not me.” She smiled a little. “What do you see in it, are you one of these church people?” Her eyes went over him to see if he looked like one.

“Yes.”She moved her head back

a little as if she found it difficult to believe. “You? Church?”

“Yes and you should be a church person, too.”

She shook her head im-mediately. “No, spare me please.” She looked round as if she was looking for a way to escape.

“I’m serious. You see, God loves you and…”

She interrupted him. “No, Tony, let’s discuss some-thing else.” She said uneas-ily, placing a hand on his hand in a pleading way.

**********When Misan and Ruth

got out of the elevator, they met some people from their group chatting in the lobby. They joined them and together they entered the hall. Misan looked around and eventually her eyes rested on Antonio. He wore a baseball cap and dark sunglasses. He was not alone. There was a slim, redhead beside him. It sure didn’t take him long to find

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Dear Agatha,Men are very treacher-

ous. How unfair can a man be to a woman! I am going to be 60 this year and have been married for 40 years. I invested everything I had into this marriage. I am the only child of my parents so I inherited everything they had. When things were very difficult for my husband and I, the only house they had in Surulere, I sold to enable my husband begin his business. Today, he is quite successful. If anybody had told me that this man I helped to become a success would turn round to bite my fingers, I would have called that person a liar.

About two months ago, I went to the United King-dom to visit my son whose wife just put to bed. While there, one of the wife’s cous-ins came to visit her. From their discussion, it was obvi-ous that they hadn’t seen in recent time. This cousin ap-parently lives in the United States with his family. I re-ally couldn’t say what was so familiar about the cousin but he looked like some-one I once met long time ago. I was really curious to know so I asked him about his work, state of origin, his parents and all the things you would ask when trying to help the memory recall something from its bank. My daughter-in-law innocently aided my quest for infor-mation as she announced that he shares the same sur-name as our family name. I was very curious to know so asked him his full name; the same names as my hus-band’s. I asked him about his mother, who I gathered is from the Caribbean. I didn’t know what to do because the face I thought was familiar was actually my husband’s. The boy was the replica of my husband. He was more of his mirror image than my son.

When I asked how old he was, I discovered he was just three years younger than my first son while his sister and my third were age mates. Again, my daughter-in-law provided the information about the sister. When I asked him about his father, he said he was fine and pres-ently in Nigeria with his oth-er family. Further questions reveal that he has told them about his Nigerian family; and how afraid he was of them coming to visit him because of his wife. He said the mother and father were legally married in the Unit-ed States. When he asked if

I knew his father going by the similarities in our sur-names, I told him, I would find out from my husband. It was all I could do at that time not to let the secret out of the bag. Without explain-ing my reasons, I told my children I was going back to Nigeria the following day. In the plane back home, I was praying against the reality of what I just heard but it turned out to be the truth.

He didn’t bother to hide the truth from me. His ex-cuse? I never made him feel like a man. Right from the very day I married him, I have always made him feel inferior, never lost the op-portunity of reminding him I made him. He said I kept disrobing him in the pres-ence of the children by my recount of how I sold my father’s house to help him. He attributes the attitude of the children towards him to that. I am really hurt and confused. I know he is try-ing to justify what he did by all the excuses about my be-havior. Even if I am guilty of all that; is marrying another woman right? His way of re-paying me for all I have done for him?

Of his own volition, he personally told the children about his other family. Ironi-cally, my children, especially my sons, I thought would align with me against their father all appear to be blam-ing me for the situation in my house. My eldest son, actually told me he didn’t blame his father for sourc-ing for happiness else where. He stopped short of calling me a nag. My only daughter though wasn’t as vocal as the brothers just urged me to take things easy and sort it out with their father. I have made up my mind to leave and have actually initiated discussion on the owner-ship of his business since I brought the money for the initial capital.

I won’t let another woman reap where she didn’t sow. But I need your help, am I

doing the right thing? An old friend of mine thinks, I am going about it the wrong way and that if I am not careful, I risk losing the respect and support of my children? But I cannot allow any woman into my home; the one it took my parents’ money to establish. It isn’t possible! As it is, he has already used my money to train his other children. What kind of help can you offer me Agatha? I want you to appreciate that I am a hurt woman who is desperate to keep her inheri-tance.

Patience

Dear Patience, At 60, you should be

more concerned about your peace of mind, making up with your children than fighting over a legacy your children from your narra-tion may not really need? Can two wrongs ever be right? Granted, your hus-band has been unfair to you but don’t you think your current reaction is giving him basis for his decision to marry another woman? If your children are not supporting you, actually appear to be giving their fa-ther tacit support, can you still say you are right? There are situations in life when our righteousness can be very wrong. In this situa-tion, your justification may not be right at the end of the day. What is life? What is the essence of marriage? Is it to just have children?

We can all give one rea-son or the other to rational-ize our actions but would these excuses stand the test of time, when our actions and the results we get are put side by side? Yes, you did the right thing, helping to kick start your husband’s success in life but does it merit your nagging of him; exposing him to the dis-dain of the children? If your own children can say those things about you, then you must have been terrible in your quest to ensure their father didn’t forget the side where his bread is buttered.

Marriage is more than a journey of having good fi-nancial base; it is more of a journey of success, respect and tolerance. Nagging him to remain loyal to you ob-viously drove him into the hands of another woman; one who knows that a good marriage is more than hav-ing plenty of money to spend. Unwittingly, you created the opportunity for this woman to have a

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True or FalseSugar makes kids go bonkers

The Journal of the American Medical Association published a review of 23 studies on the subject of kids and sugar, the conclusion: Sugar doesn’t affect behavior. And it’s

possible that it is the idea itself that is so ingrained as fact that it affects our perception. Case in point: In one study mothers were told that their sons had consumed a drink with a high sugar content. Although the boys had actually consumed sugar-free drinks, the mothers reported significantly higher levels of hyperactive behavior. That said, some

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She is the wife of the governor. That makes her the First Lady of the state. She stands tall above other women and every-thing she does becomes news. Not even her closet is spared from scrutiny-everyone wants to see what she wore and where! Style pundits feast on her clothes and the pricey ac-cessories she adorns.

But not all First Ladies really have a grasp of what style means. For a select few who have, here is an abridged version of their style books.

Bisi FayemiShe is the First Lady of

Ekiti State. With a de-gree in History from the University of Ife, she also earned a masters degree from the University of Middlesex in Gender and Society. She is the Presi-dent, African Women’s Development Fund.

Fayemi’s style is simple but gorgeous. You can’t but notice her turban/head-gear. Of this she says, “I do the turban myself and I tie any style but someone helps with my gele.” She is also a buff of indigenous fabrics but she would tell you she is not a designer label freak. “I don’t care about designer labels. I am more concerned about comfort because style is about comfort and that is what I go for in any de-sign.”

Her designers? Ituen Bassey, Ayoola Violet Braids, Joke Okeowo and Renee Acquah, who is resident in Ghana. Her favourite colours remain purple, blue, and coffee brown. Accessories she loves? “I love pearls, silver and gold,” she says.

Clara ChimeBy virtue of being mar-

ried to Governor Sullivan Chime, this fair-complex-ioned beauty is the First Lady of Enugu State. In her 30s, the graduate of Marketing from the Abia State University is the youngest First Lady in the South-East region. Im-mensely attractive; grace-ful and elegant are some of the words that have been used to describe her.

Averagely built, her style is one that embodies sim-plicity, humility and yet, is up-to-date. Most times, she favours the tradition-al mode of dressing and thus, she opts for long skirts and blouses made

from Ankara fabrics and sometimes, exquisite for-eign lace fabrics. For ac-cessories, she is a devoted wearer of gold jewellery and other precious stones. Clara is the founder of Child and Mother Em-powerment, a pet proj-ect with special focus on women and children.

Yemisi SuswamThe delectable Benue

State First Lady rates as one of the prettiest of the pack. An architect by training, she would tell you being a governor’s wife is much more than being fashionable. “It does not mean extravagance,” she says in an interview. Style, she believes, should hinge on comfort. Of Emure Ekiti extraction, she explains: “I’m now a Tiv woman and we are known to be simple. I wear things that make me comfortable. To me, that is style. You are dressed up in your way and still very comfortable. I love look-ing good but not at the expense of my service to humanity. Nobody would remember you for those expensive clothes you wore, but you would make a mark in life by the lives you have touched. Fashion is also charity.”

Funso AmosunHer 21-year-old mar-

riage to Senator Ibikunle Amosun, the Ogun State governor, positions her as the First Lady. A mother of five, she is a gradu-ate of English Education from the University of Ife, now known as Oba-femi Awolowo University. Soft-spoken and trim for a 47-year-old, she is a stick-ler for indigenous fabrics. Hear her: “I am an indi-gene of Ogun State and a citizen of Nigeria. So, I am supposed to be an ambas-sador for African cloth-ing. Besides, I love being comfortable and simple. So, I would not be caught wearing anything uncom-fortable and vulgar.”

Judith AmaechiThe 43-year-old First

Lady of Rivers State, Ju-dith Amaechi, is a mother of three. A graduate of the Rivers State University of Science and Technology, where she bagged a bach-elor’s degree in Urban and Regional Planning, Judith like her predecessors in office, has cultivated a style only very few dare have reasons to criticise.

In the South-South re-gion, she easily ranks among the best-dressed wives of state governors. The founder of Empower-ment Support Initiative, a non-governmental organ-isation, Amaechi oscillates between local and interna-tional fashion.

Omolewa AhmedThe wife of the Kwara

State governor and found-er of Life Empowered An-chors Hope Charity Foun-dation might be adjudged a simple woman but this does not affect the way she dresses in any way.

One of the best-dressed First Ladies from the North Central region, Omolewa Ahmed is an epitome of values, yet she remains stylish. Owing to lifestyle and religion, she is often found wearing native attire in different hues. Whether made from local Ankara or imported fabrics, she always stands out.

Her ability to determine what styles suit her is one other thing she has going for her beside her use of matching accessories.

Margaret Peter-ObiBold and assertive in her

dressing, she is married to Governor Peter Obi and she represents an embodi-ment of style.

A quintessential model, she demonstrates without repentance that sophisti-cation is her maxim. Her laudable style is colourful and conspicuous. In her 40s, the lover of every-thing modern is blessed with an interesting silhou-

ette that en-sures clothes of every kind sit well on her.

She has a desirable pen-chant for native and western at-tire which she adorns with-out restraint depending on the occasion, hence her rich wardrobe. She has been pic-tured at func-tions wearing some exqui-sitely crafted jewellery that would make many go green with envy.

Kemi MimikoWell built,

the First Lady of Ondo State has proved over time her ability to enhance her best features. Apart from her humani-tarian works, another way she draws attention to her-self is via her dressing. A lover of the traditional iro and buba, she also favours boubous of all colours and designs.

In keeping true to Afri-can tradition, she acces-sorises with aso-oke most of the time. Elegant look-ing and dark-skinned, her use of make-up is minimal and this boosts her facial structures. She also loves to wear choice jewellery like her contemporaries.

Nafisa YugudaOne of the daughters of

the late President Musa Yar’adua, Nafisa got mar-ried to the Bauchi State governor, Isa Yuguda in 2009. The wedding, which was celebrated amid pomp, was a revelation on the style of the lady who did not fail to impress ev-eryone present that she is indeed a style pundit.

Since then, she has not lowered her standard and has instead, raised the bar higher. Interestingly, while her style can be described as conservative, the deli-cate looking beauty has a rich assortment of clothes made from exotic fabrics.

While she is not favour-ably disposed to wearing western attire, she gets heart thumping whenever she makes an appearance at state functions. An ar-dent fan of exquisite jew-ellery, she boasts of a rich collection of assorted pre-cious stones too and she never fails to pair them with her clothes.

By Odogwu Emeka Odogwu

Upwards of 2 mil-lion children are killed through abortion world-wide every 40 minutes and another 2 million via violence of all sorts, ac-cording to public health consultant and physician, Prof. Amobi Ilika.

The Nigerian medical expert made the shocking disclosure while speak-ing at a ceremony for the handover of a cenotaph worth a million naira which he built and donat-ed to St. Mathew’s Catho-lic Church, Amawbia in Awka South Local Gov-ernment Area of Anambra State.

He described abortion

as a serious public health problem not only in Nige-ria but across the world.

Prof. Ilika, the immedi-ate past Commissioner for Health in Anambra, explained that abortion, violence and killing are on the increase in the society.

The pro-life promot-er warned doctors and health workers who com-mit abortion to desist from that as condemna-tion awaits them. He is-sued the same warning to lecturers as well as politi-cians who sexually abuse young girls.

On why he built the cenotaph, Prof. Ilika, who had also built one in Ozubulu, Ekwusigo Local Government Area, said that the cenotaph is for

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By Roland C. Warren

I am often asked what sons need from their fa-thers. My answer really boils down to a few simple but critical things that ev-ery good dad must do, built on a framework of providing, nurturing and guiding.

But here’s the problem: Too often, fathers think they’re doing a better job in these areas than they really are. I’ve found that these four questions, though, can help a father ensure he’s giving his son the fundamental things he needs. (And if a child’s father is not in the pic-ture, his mother can use these questions as a guide to help her find male role models who can give her son these kinds of affirma-tion.)

“Does my son know that he matters to me?” We invest—money, time

and energy—in the things we care about. In other words, if you ever want to know what someone cares about, look at their bank statement or ask them how they spent their time.

The primary way that dads can help their boys understand that they mat-ter is by making them a priority over the myriad demands that life throws at us. With many things competing for a dad’s

money, time and en-ergy—our jobs, technol-ogy, entertainment, sports, television—it is easy for a child to think that he doesn’t matter. It is criti-cal that dads make it clear to their sons that they are a priority, that our most important investment is in them and that all the other “stuff ” gets only the leftovers.

“Does my son know that I love him?”

Nurturing means a lot of things. It certainly includes hugging and kissing our boys—yes, even boys need hugs and kisses—on a dai-ly basis and telling them that we love them. But it also includes taking care of their daily needs, like cooking for them, giving them baths, playing with them, reading to them and helping their mothers.

And I have discovered that despite the conven-tional wisdom that nur-turing is primarily mom’s territory, the root meaning of “nurture” is “to protect,” a role that most dads are comfortable with.

“Does my son know that what he does is important to me?” A son wants to know

that the way he is living his life—his interests, school-work, hobbies and pas-sions—is pleasing to his father. And, as a good dad, it is critical for a father to guide his son into the right actions and help him live a life centered on serving others.

However, you can’t ex-pect to teach a son the value of charity if you are not charitable in how you

spend time with him. You can’t expect to get him in-terested in your church’s community-service proj-ect if you haven’t estab-lished a “community” that includes him in your home.

Show him that every-thing he does is important to you, and then you can show him what is really important—and he will welcome it.

“Does my son know how proud I am of him?” This boils down to a son’s

innate need to be affirmed by his father. Your affirma-tion prepares your son to enter the world with the confidence and “emotional armor” that he needs in or-der not just to survive, but to thrive. A son needs to know that you are pleased with him, not for what he does or does not do, but because of who he is.

And remember that the way a father affirms his son depends on things like his culture and community and his son’s temperament and interests. The objec-tive of affirmation is to meet a son at his particular point of need and to con-nect with him—heart to heart. Indeed, there is no cookie-cutter approach to affirmation. One boy may simply need an encourag-ing word at the right time. A special breakfast out with dad may be what an-other son needs. A formal ceremony or rite of pas-sage might fit certain cul-tures and situations.

But what all of these acts of affirmation, big and small, communicate to your son is that you are his

advocate and that your love is abiding and un-conditional.

Roland War-ren is a board member (and former presi-dent) of the National Fa-therhood Ini-tiative. He can be reached at r w ar re n @ f a -therhood.org.

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What is a Will?A working description

of a Will is that it is a testamentary declaration contained in a deed, vol-untarily made and execut-ed according to Law by a Testator who is of sound mind and body, distribut-ing his assets and giving such directives as he may wish to be carried out upon his death.

The instructions in a Will only take effect after the demise of its maker, i.e. the Testator. A Testa-tor cannot however gen-erally distribute a prop-erty which he inherited under native customary law.

What is a Codicil?A Testator can always

effect changes or amend-ments, or insert addition-al devises or bequests to his Will, while he is still alive, by making a Codicil. A Codicil is a supplemen-tary deed to a Will which is made for the purpose of adding to or varying or revoking the provisions of an existing Will.

Advantages of a Will (1) A Will excludes the

rules of inheritance un-der native law and cus-tom.

(2 )A Will excludes the statutory rules of inheri-tance.

(3) A Will affords the Testator the opportu-nity to choose his execu-tors, administrators and Guardians if the Testa-tor’s children are minors on his death.

(4) A Will avoids the extravagant bureaucratic costs, effort and time ex-pended in applying for letters of administration.

(5) A Will allows the last surviving executor to complete the winding up of the administration of the estate without apply-ing to the Probate Regis-try for the grant of fresh letters of administration.

(6) A Will allows the executors to it, to act as from the death of the Testator pending when final Probate is granted. E.g. follow burial rites in-structions, act as Guard-ian of minor, if any, etc.

Wills and SurvivorshipThere are two kinds of

survivorship. The first and more common one in Nige-ria is known as Joint Tenancy. This is where two or more people jointly own a prop-erty. In the event of any of the owners pre-deceasing the other owner(s), the deceased owner’s share of the property passes to the surviving ben-eficiaries of such a property to the exclusion of the estate of the deceased co-owner.

The other kind of survivor-ship is known as Tenancy-in-common. Here, in contrast to joint tenancy, the deceased owner’s share of a property forms a part of his estate, to be inherited according to the terms of his or her Will - if there is any - or according to such Law that governed the deceased affairs during his life time.

Whether a devise or a be-quest under a Will, to two or more beneficiaries, will be regulated by the rules of Joint Tenancy or Tenancy-in-common will depend on the interpretation of the wording of the Will.

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Playing outside is good for kids' mental and physi-cal health. Here's why and how to get them out out-doors

By Arricca Elin SanSone

Remember how much fun you had fooling around outside when you were a kid? Your kids should be doing the same thing. Sure, it’s fun but it also has tons of benefits, like lowering stress and boosting immu-nity. Make outside time a regular thing through or-ganized sports (if your kids like them) or with frequent trips to your neighborhood park or playground. “Plan to do outdoor activities to-gether,” says Jennifer Shu, M.D., medical editor of Healthyliving.org. You can make outdoor play part of fun family traditions, like hikes or even lawn games and hopscotch. Here’s how that outside time will make them healthier.

1. It Calms ADHD Symptoms Kids with ADHD who

play outside regularly have milder hyperactivity symp-toms, according to studies at the University of Illinois. Get your kid outside for a 20 minute walk and he will be able to concentrate bet-ter.

2. It Reduces Obesity Risk Childhood obesity rates

have tripled in the past 30 years. But being outdoors

can help: The more time your kid actively plays out-side, the lower her odds are of being overweight. (An Australian study confirms this bit of common sense.). So limit computers and TV -- two hours tops, advises the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) -- and get them outdoors instead.

3. It Reduces Stress Having access to nature

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Just One More TimeMy Ex is Pregnant,how do I tell my wife?

Canadian Court Dismisses BC Temporary Worker Case

Okonjo-Iweala is Forbes’ 83rd most powerful woman

Uju Onyechere

In the 1920s, an English adventurer named Mallory led an expedition to try to conquer Mt. Everest. His first expedition failed. So did the second. Mallory made a third assault with a highly skilled and expe-rienced team, but in spite of careful planning and extensive safety measures, an avalanche wiped out Mallory and most of his party. Upon their return to England, the few who had survived held a banquet to salute Mallory and those who had perished on the mountain. As the leader of the survivors stood to speak, he looked around the hall at the framed pic-tures of Mallory and the others who had died. Then he turned his back to the crowd and faced a large picture of Mount Everest, which stood looming be-hind the banquet table like a silent, unbeatable giant.

With tears streaming down his face, he spoke to the mountain on behalf of his dead friends: “I speak to you, Mt. Everest, in the name of all brave men liv-ing and those yet unborn. Mt. Everest, you defeated us once; you defeated us twice; you defeated us three times. But, Mt Ever-

est, we shall someday de-feat you, because you can’t get any bigger and we can.” Needless to say, Mt Everest was defeated because Mal-lory and his team refused to give up.

Dear reader, what is the Mt Everest in your life currently? What is it that seems insurmountable in your life? Events have shown that men achieve their dreams irrespective of defeats they may en-counter on their journey to the top. If you are a regular follower of this column, you will agree with me that nothing is impossible. I mean on this platform, we have showcased men and women who have left their marks on the sands of time. Individuals whose name must be mentioned when the history of their time will be told. They did not achieve what they did on a platter of gold, but were ready to fight to the end to get what they wanted.

The story is told about a woodcutter who kept hit-

ting at a particular wood for a long time, yet it seems he was just wasting his time, for the wood didn’t give any sign of breaking apart. That did not dis-courage the woodcutter. He kept hitting. By the time he has hit the wood ninety nine times, nothing happened, but the hun-dredth time, the wood split into pieces. Now the ques-tion is “Was it the last hit-ting that broke the wood?” The truth is that the wood broke as a result of all the accumulated hitting. May-be if the man had given up by the time he was very close, he would not have achieved his desire of breaking the wood.

The same is with us, when pursuing our heart desires. The answer we want may not come when we expect it, but if we per-sist, surely someday we will have cause to shout eureka eureka (I have found it, I have found it). I want you to form a very thick skin against failure. When it seems nothing will work, smile and keep pushing. It might be the day that you decide to give up that the breakthrough you have been working for will come.

Beloved, just one more time. Believe me. Just one more time!

Uju Onyechere

FORBES released its an-nual list of The World’s Most Powerful Women and Nigeria’s Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister for the Economy, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, ranks 83rd.

According to Forbes, the list is made up of 100 women who made the most impact. They include top politicians and CEOs, activist billionaires and ce-lebrities.

Okonjo-Iweala moved down from the 81st posi-tion to the 83rd.

Joyce Banda, president of Malawi, is up from the 71st position to the 47th and Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, president of Liberia, ranks 87th on the list.

On the international lev-el, Angela Makel, German chancellor and a member of the 27-member Europe-an Union retains the num-ber one slot.

Dilma Rousseff, presi-

dent of Brazil; Melinda Gates, co-chair, Bill and Melinda Gates Founda-tion; Michelle Obama, First Lady of the United States and Hilary Clin-

ton round up the first five list, ranking second, third, fourth and fifth respec-tively.

Also on the list are mu-sician/actress, Beyonce Knowles Carter; media mogul, Oprah Winfrey; ac-tress Angelina Jolie; actress Sofia Vergara; musician Lady Gaga; TV personality Ellen DeGeneres; musician Shakira Mebarak; author J.K Rowling and super-model Gisele Bundchen.

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Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

Dear Pastor,My Ex wife is pregnant

for me. I am a happily married man with chil-dren. How do I handle this situation? Do I con-fess to my wife or keep it from her?

Dear Wale,I really appreciate what

you are going through. I will not judge you for your actions as God has not made me a judge over you.

The Bible advises us as Christians to "flee from every appearance of evil". Falling into for-nication or adultery is not something that hap-pens all of a sudden. It is premeditated. You must have been meditating on this for sometime. You might be divorced from your ex-wife but there are some things you still admire and appreciate about her. She was not al-together bad to you. Per-haps, in your interactions with her, you began to imagine the good times you had together and you drifted off. You ignored the warning signals. I am sure they were glaringly

visible to you. Alas! you ignored them.

The Bible says, "Come,

let us reason together, though your sins be as scarlet, or red as crim-son, they shall be as white as snow". God has made a way of deliver-ance through the Blood of His Son, Jesus Christ. First and foremost, you

must repent before God as you have wronged God and gone astray from His ways. Begin to appropri-ate the blood of Jesus and confess your sins before God as the Bible says, "If we confess our sins and forsake them, God is faithful and just to forgive us and cleanse us from all forms of unrigh-teousness".

When you have repent-ed before God, ask him to touch your wife's heart. Prayerfully bring this se-riously before God.

You MUST confess this

to your wife. I pray she does not hear it from outside. Let her hear the story from your mouth. Be the first to tell her. I am not guaranteeing you that she will forgive you instantly as soon as you make your confession. Give her time as you prayerfully ask God to touch her heart to forgive you. You have hurt her by this action of yours. She will surely forgive by God's grace.

But please, make a con-

scious effort and com-mitment to remain faith-

ful and loyal to your wife. Let this never happen again in your marriage. If you had intentions of going back to have car-nal knowledge of your ex wife, why did you divorce her in the first place? Please stop toying with these two women's hearts. It is very despi-cable to be involved with these two women - you divorced one to marry the other and now went back to impregnate her. Put yourself in your wife's shoes. How would you feel if the table were turned the other way. How would you feel if your wife came back to inform you she was preg-nant for her ex husband. Hell will be let loose, I am sure.

Let the golden rule

apply in your relation-ship with your wife, "Do unto your wife what you would have her do unto you".

God bless you.Do you have a problem?

Why not share with our pastor. Send all letters to [email protected]

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The Federal Court of Canada has dismissed a case centered on a British Columbia company’s hir-ing of 201 Chinese miners.

The company, HD Min-ing, had received positive Labour Market Opinions (LMOs), allowing it to bring the workers to Can-ada on a temporary basis. The Canadian chapters of two unions, the Interna-tional Union of Operating Engineers and the Con-struction and Specialized Workers’ Union, sought to challenge the validity of

these LMOs in court.The unions contended

that Canada had no short-age of qualified miners, and that bringing Chi-nese labour would serve to undercut the Canadian labour market. The case prompted discussion on the national stage, calling into question the role of temporary labour in the Canadian economy. In part due to backlash over this incident, the govern-ment has recently an-nounced changes to the Temporary Foreign Work-

er Program.Despite the case’s dis-

missal, union represen-tatives are glad to have brought the issue to light. “We’ve had a chance now to get the public awareness up, the problems and the flaws of the [program],” said one union spokesper-son.

The company hiring the foreign workers plans to continue bringing the 201 miners to Canada.

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A Mediterranean diet with a boost of fat proves to be good for cognitive ability, say researchers in Spain.

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In February, the Medi-terranean diet made news (again) when a study found that some 30 percent of heart at-tacks, strokes and deaths from heart disease can be prevented in people at high risk if they switch to a Mediterranean diet. Meaning, simply eat as they do in many Medi-terranean countries with an emphasis on whole grains, nuts, olive oil, and red wine, along with fresh fruits and vegetables, le-gumes and fish.

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cognitive impairments,” said Dr. Miguel Martinez-Gonzalez, the chairman of preventive medicine at the University of Navarra in Spain.

The Mediterranean diet skips over processed foods and bad fats, and relies on food items that are high in antioxidants and anti-in-flammatory compounds. These kinds of foods are thought to help decrease circulatory damage, in-flammation and oxidative damage in the brain.

“The quantity of the difference between the groups was small from a clinical point of view, but it was statistically signifi-cant,” he said. “The har-mony, the combination of all of the micronutrients,

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One of the beauties of the diet is that it is practi-cal, easy, and nice on the palate. And aside from blatantly unhealthy food, it is not terribly restric-tive. (Not to mention the distinctly pleasurable perks of olive oil and red wine.)

“The Mediterranean people enjoy this kind of diet every day,” Martinez-Gonzalez said. “It is pleas-ant, it is healthy, it is sus-tainable, and it is not very expensive.”

The study was published in the Journal of Neurol-ogy, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry.

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Potentially severe thunderstorms predicted for Southern Ontario Wednesday has tempo-rarily suspended a search by Toronto homicide in-vestigators on a Cam-bridge-area farm owned by Tim Bosma slaying suspect Dellen Millard.

The property located at 2548 Roseville Rd., near Cambridge, has become

the subject of renewed police scrutiny, follow-ing the death of Tim Bosma, 32, who disap-peared May 6 after tak-ing two men on a test drive in the pickup truck he was trying to sell.

Toronto police homi-cide investigators had planned a second day of searching for clues in connection with the

dis appearance of Laura Babcock, 23, and the suicide of the accused killer’s father, Wayne Millard.

However, forecasters are calling for stormy weather Wednesday, with predictions of iso-lated thunderstorms across much of Southern Ontario, with the poten-tial for torrential down-

pours, damaging winds and hail lasting until Thursday.

“Due to the weather today, the search of the Millard farm will be postponed and perhaps will continue tomorrow,” Toronto police Const. Victor Kwong said Wednesday.

2nd search since Bos-ma killing

Homicide unit Staff Insp. Greg McLane con-firmed Tuesday that po-lice are following up on recent information that led them to search the farm for a second time since the Bosma slaying.

McLane said police are currently conduct-ing tests at the farm, but

would not confirm if they’re digging.

Fresh piles of dirt were spotted at the farm Tues-day and police officers were seen raking and cutting back tall grass with a weed trimmer on the property.

Officers were also ob-served using a ground-penetrating radar device, which is commonly used to find underground ob-jects.

Millard, 27, was charged with first-de-gree murder on May 15 in connection with the death of Bosma. A sec-ond man, Mark Smich, 25, of Oakville, was ar-rested on May 22 and has since been charged with

first-degree murder. A third suspect is still be-ing sought by Hamilton police.

Babcock has been missing since June 2012. According to friends of the Toronto woman, she was once in a relation-ship with Millard.

Police have also re-opened the investiga-tion into the apparent November 2012 suicide of Millard’s father, who’s death was not consid-ered criminal at the time.

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child exploitationSnook was originally

charged with eight offences: three counts of touching a child for a sexual purpose — all involving the same victim — one count of making child pornography, two counts of possession of child por-nography and two counts of distribution of child pornog-

raphy.The Crown said at that time

more charges were possible.Shared child porn with un-

dercover officerSearch warrants released in

February revealed someone linked to Snook’s Martha Av-enue home had shared, with an undercover police officer,

images of boys as young as toddlers engaged in various sexual acts with adult males and other prepubescent males.

Police also allege in the estimated 500 pages of documents that someone in Snook’s home offered up young boys for live webcam

sessions, claiming children in the city were widely available

to him.The unknown user said

he was a “100 per cent boy lover,” according to a police transcript. “Forbidden pas-sion that haunts me,” the per-son wrote.

Police believe Snook’s SUV and a camper were used in the commission of criminal

offences, according to other search warrants made public in March.

Officers obtained the two warrants for the vehicles that were parked in Snook’s drive-way on Jan. 29.

The investigation of the outspoken councillor

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The former minister, whose lecture was entitled Impunity, Injustice and In-security: What Role for the Law,’ said Nigeria needed to create three million jobs yearly to tackle its employ-ment problem.El-Rufai said this while delivering a lecture at the Sixth Annual Alao Aka-Bashorun Lec-ture, organised by the Nige-rian Bar Association, Ikeja Branch.

He said, “Forty-two per cent of Nigerian youths are unemployed.

“I have two daughters with Masters Degrees and they are unemployed. They have been at home for more than a year and I cannot get a job for them.

“We are sitting on a de-mographic time bomb and unless we have visionary leaders that are able to plan for the future, we will have a huge problem.”

According to him, the Nigerian government is spending N2bn daily on se-curity, instead of investing in infrastructure and hu-man capital development.

El-Rufai queried the N100bn Amnesty Pro-gramme of the Federal Government, saying it had not solved the problem of pipeline vandalism and oil theft in the Niger Delta re-gion.

He said, “Our oil produc-tion output is at its lowest since 2009 as a result of oil

theft and closure of facili-ties by oil companies.

“That is why the govern-ment is borrowing more than ever and dipping into the nation’s foreign re-serves.”

The former FCT minister added that granting am-nesty to people who take up arms against the state would not solve the prob-lem of insecurity in Nigeria.

“Even if you grant amnes-ty to Boko Haram, without addressing the fundamen-tal issues such as lack of opportunities, poverty and social injustice, it will not solve the problem,” he said.

Also speaking at the event, Prof. Akin Oyebode, advocated life imprison-ment for corrupt public of-ficials as a way of reducing the high incidence of cor-ruption in the country.

His lecture was entitled, ‘Corruption and Insecurity in the Society: What Role for the Law?’

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A former Minister of Avi-ation, Femi Fani-Kayode, has defected from the rul-ing Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to the yet-to-be-registered All Progres-sives Congress, APC.

In a post on his Facebook post, Mr. Fani-Kayode said he took the decision af-ter he met with Ekiti State Governor, Kayode Fayemi earlier today.

“I had a meeting with Gov. Kayode Fayemi after-wards and I have just pub-licly and formally declared for the APC,” the former minister said. “For me, this is a great and historic day. Goodbye forever PDP.”

He said he met Mr. Fayemi after he chaired the pub-lic presentation of a book written by an old friend, Bunmi Aborishade, who now teaches journalism at the Afe Babalola University, Ado Ekiti. Confirming the development to DailyPost in a telephone interview, Fani-Kayode said, “Yes it is true that I have dumped the People’s Democratic

Party for the All Progres-sives Congress. I made the declaration after a meeting with my brother, Governor Kayode Fayemi at the Ekiti Government House. In fact we had a press conference afterwards.”

Giving reasons for his decision, “You see, some of us have been enduring the many garbage of PDP. I left for two reasons actually. One is the manner they conducted the chairman-ship election of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum. The fact that Governor Amaechi won and they denied him. And then a few others came out to say that someone else won. How can any sane person remain in a party like that? he asked.

“Two is that they (PDP leadership) have marginal-

ized everything and every-one including the found-ing fathers, those who laboured to ensure that the party is where it is today; people like Chief Olusegun Obasanjo and a host of oth-ers.”

“So I am joining my friends like Bola Tinubu, Muhammadu Buhari, Nuhu Ribadu, Nasir el-ru-fai, Sam Nda Isaiah and the likes in APC. Our aim is to ensure that Goodluck Jona-than doesn’t come back in 2015.”

“If they can split the NGF because Jonathan’s can-didate did not win, that means they will split our great country Nigeria if he doesn’t get re-elected.”

On whether he discussed his defection to the op-position with his political godfather and ex-President Obasanjo, the former min-ister retorted that, “This has nothing to do with Baba, it is purely a personal deci-sion.”

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OTTAWA - Two of the four senators in the spot-light for their questionable claims for expenses are subject to further investi-gations into their expense reimbursements.

The expenses were claimed under the “hon-our system”, which allows Senators to claim for ex-penses without producing receipts.

The Senate committee examining Senator Pamela Wallin’s travel expenses has asked independent au-ditors, Deloitte, to widen the scope of their review to include another year’s worth of the Saskatchewan senator’s expense claims. Ms Wallin has charged ap-proximately $375,600 in travel expenses between September, 2010, and the end of February, 2013.

The National Post re-ports that Independent Senator Mike Duffy has been offered a meeting with the Senate committee re-examining an audit into his living expenses. He has been invited to meet the executive of the Senate’s in-ternal economy committee next Tuesday. Contrary to

Duffy’s request to have the meeting held openly, the meeting will not be open to the public. Senate rules stress that meetings held

behind closed door meet-ings should be limited.

Sen. Anne Cools ex-pressed concern over the closed door policy. “In-camera meetings are sup-posed to be exceptions to the rule,” said the indepen-dent Sen. Cools. “There is some concern there that has to be addressed.”

Sen. Cools is reported to have said “I have found the treatment of the issues un-settling … and disturbing.”

Critics of the Senate’s in-ternal economy committee

say that it can’t produce a credible report on Sen. Mike Duffy’s expenses un-less the hearings are held in public.

The committee is also expected to request that the auditors reviewing Saskatchewan Sen. Pamela Wallin’s expenses speed up their work.

The Senate was first criti-cised for its handling of the affair when it transpired that Nigel Wright, Prime Minister Harper’s (now former) chief of staff, wrote a personal cheque to Mike Duffy for $90,000 to cover the costs of dubious Senate expenses.

Wright resigned on May

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19 while in a statement to the press, Prime Min-ister Harper said he was unaware of the cheque or Wright’s actions, and that he was “very sorry” about the whole affair.

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‘I helped a ‘sister’ into my home, she took over my husband’

Is there such thing as rape in a marriage?

refleCtions on relationships

By: Pastor Taiwo Odubiyi

How to get a good man to marry

By: Pastor Taiwo Odubiyi

Every woman wants a good man to marry, and in my new novel ‘With This Ring’, forty something-year old single mother, Ibie was no exception. She was looking for a certain type of man: not just good but godly as well, a man after God’s heart who would be good to her. Having made a terrible mistake before, she was determined to get it right this time around. She knew that getting married to an ungodly man would be a recipe for disaster.

How can I get a good man to marry? This is one of the questions ladies frequently ask me. How did I find my husband? The truth of the matter is that I did not find him, he found me. I just wanted to serve God and do things the right way. I wasn’t even praying about a man yet, and there he was. I immediately started pray-ing and studying him. Does he love God? Does he love me? Does he have a good heart? Yes, yes, yes. Eureka!

Who can find a good man? Where is he?

Most men will proclaim each his own goodness, but who can find a faith-ful man? (Proverbs 20:6 NKJV)

A good man deals gra-ciously and lends; He will guide his affairs with discretion. (Psalm 112:5 NKJV)

There are ladies who think that all the good men are dead but that is not true. They think that they can never find a good man. Anyone who believes this has believed satan’s lies. I was in a church recently and a lady got up to say that if ladies could not get Mr. Right, they should settle for Mr. Available. This is another lie of satan that people listen to. I had to ad-dress the issue and correct the lady when it was time for me to preach. Going for Mr. Available will not take a lady to her destination, she will not reach her goal.

People need to begin to listen to the truth which can only be found in God’s words. They must shun sa-tan’s lies which is why I’m writing the novels, counsel-ling, and teaching people on how to have a good rela-tionship and marriage.

There are still a lot of good men around, men

who will do their wives good all the days of their lives. In First Kings chap-ter nineteen in the Bible, when Elijah claimed that he was the only faithful prophet left, God told him he was wrong. There were still some faithful men in the land.

14 And he said, “I have been very zealous for the Lord God of hosts; because the children of Israel have forsaken Your covenant, torn down Your altars, and killed Your prophets with the sword. I alone am left; and they seek to take my life.”

Then the Lord said to him: “Yet I have reserved seven thousand in Israel, all whose knees have not bowed to Baal, and every mouth that has not kissed him.” (1Kings 19: 14,18 NKJV)

I need to admit that get-ting a good man might be a little difficult and chal-lenging sometimes but it’s not impossible. The people who know God shall be strong and do exploits for with God all things are pos-sible. God desires to guide and help His people, who put their trust in Him and listen for His voice.

For ladies who sincerely desire to marry a good man but have been com-ing across the wrong ones, here are some of the steps you must take. You will also need to read my novels es-pecially the new one, and You Found Me, My First Love.

What to do1)To get a good man, you

need to decide and know what you want in life first. Do you want a good mar-riage or just any kind of marriage? If you want a good marriage, then you must wait for Mr. Right. Don’t compromise your stand, God is faithful, He will do it. If marriage is what interests you and not the ‘good’ part, then you can marry any one. The end

justifies the means.2)To get a good man, you

must also be a good woman because a good man will want only a good woman. He would not settle for less. Like attracts like. But there are ladies who want good men but are unwill-ing to work on themselves. Some ladies only want to take from a man. They want a man who will pay their bills but they have nothing to add to his life. Such la-dies might never get a good man. Most of them end up getting users who will treat them like a piece of trash.

Being a good woman goes beyond going to church or being a Christian. You must have good character which can only come by working on yourself and yielding to God.

You need to realise that as you are watching and studying the man, he is also studying you to know if you are the one who is to come, or should he look for another? He knows how a good lady will dress, he knows that she will not wear clothes that are reveal-ing or will expose her cleav-age.

As a good lady, you must know that little is usually much and enough. Wear the right things for your body and do not bare your midriff. Prepare yourself inside and outside.

Second Peter chapter one from verse five to ten ad-monishes, “For this very reason, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue, to virtue knowledge, 6 to knowledge self-control, to self-control perseverance, to perseverance godliness, 7 to godliness brotherly kindness, and to broth-erly kindness love. 8 For if these things are yours and abound, you will be neither barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. 9 For he who lacks these things is short-sighted, even to blindness, and has forgotten that he was cleansed from his old sins. 10 Therefore, breth-ren, be even more diligent to make your call and election sure, for if you do these things you will never stumble;

And Proverbs chapter thirty one states, “She does him good and not evil All the days of her life. 13 She willingly works with

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By ANGELA DAVIES

Is it wrong to give shelter to a female church mem-ber? I was once a happily married woman but today I am a single mother because of ‘sister’ Patience whom we all thought was a true born again Christian and actu-ally needed a roof over her head.

If I had only listened to my husband, Anthony, and stuck to his initial sugges-tion, I know my marriage would have still been intact despite my childlessness then. My name is Jasmine and this is my story.

It was one fateful Wednes-day afternoon at about 2:30 pm that I received a phone call from my pastor, Pastor Emmanuel; he requested to see me and my husband after church service that evening. Amazed, I said, “Pastor, I hope there is no problem because you have not called us for some time now.” He assured me that everything was alright.

Immediately after the ser-vice, Anthony and I went to

the pastor’s office. He told us that there was a ‘sister’ who needs assistance and he believes we were the only ones who could help her. “Sister Patience has been in the church for just a few months however, she is on fire for the Lord. She is a member of the prayer war-rior, sanctuary cleaners and choir,” he said. He further stated that, “The sister she is putting up with brought two of her younger siblings to stay with her and since it’s a one-room apartment, the place has become too small and uncomfortable for them so she is looking for another place to stay. When she mentioned it to me, my mind went to you and your husband,” Pastor Emmanuel revealed. At the end, he pleaded with us to

be our brother’s keeper. My husband, Anthony prom-ised him that we would think about it and get back to him in three days before leaving his office.

When Anthony and I talked about the issue, he bluntly told me he does not like the idea of a full grown woman living with us; nev-ertheless he is willing to get a small apartment for her. “Darling, she cannot live in this house with us. But I am willing to get a small apartment for her if Pastor Emmanuel will not mind,” he suggested. “But dar-ling, we live alone in this duplex. There is enough room, aside that, the boy’s quarters is also there. Why not allow sister Patience stay with us even if it is

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islamiC perspeCtives on life

Dear scholars, As-Salaam` Alaykum. Is there such thing as rape in a marriage? Is a wife obligat-ed to do EVERYTHING her husband demands of her? Jazakum Allah khayran.

Aminah

Waàlykum As-Salaamu Warahmatullahi Wabara-kaatuh.

In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Mer-ciful.

All praise and thanks are due to Allah, and peace and blessings be upon His Messenger.

Dear questioner, we ap-preciate the great confi-dence you have in us, and we implore Allah to help us serve the cause of Islam and to render this work for His Sake. We hope our efforts meet your expectations.

It should be stated first that Islam is keen to build a strong society. Since family

is the cornerstone of soci-ety, Islam pays it much at-tention so as to preserve its stability and well-being. In doing so, Islam defines the main objectives of family life and clearly defines the role of each partner.

We’d also like to make it clear that “domestic abuse and rape within marriage is a social issue that hap-pens within our society. It is everyone’s problem and not confined to any par-ticular religion or ethnic group. It is almost never talked about, but one thing is clear, wives who are bat-tered are more likely also to be raped.

Rape is the term used to describe sexual inter-course committed without a person’s consent and / or against a person’s will. Often, it is easy to view marital rape as less seri-ous and traumatic when compared to other forms of rape. Studies , however,

have shown that marital rape is frequently quite vio-lent and generally has more severe, traumatic effects on the victim than other rape. A stranger rape, as devas-tating as it is, is a one-time occurrence. Marital rape however, involves a series of devastating occurrences, often spanning years. When you are raped by your hus-band, you have to live with your rapist!

Why would a man rape his wife? Strangely enough, it is not due to a wife’s with-holding of sex which is the most common myth. Most women who report being raped by their husbands also report having consen-sual sexual intercourse with them. If the offender is not deterred by social conven-tions against hitting and punching, he will probably not be inhibited by social conventions against forcing sex either.

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Grieving Family visits scene of London Killing

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LONDON – In reports in the Guardian UK and Mirror, the family of murdered London sol-dier, Lee Rigby visited the scene of his brutal killing as tensions rise in Lon-don.

Members of Mr Rig-by’s family laid flowers at Woolwich Barracks where the 25-year-old drummer with the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers was based.

They comforted each other as they looked at the thousands of floral tributes that have been left in his memory. Mo-ments later, they crossed the road to look at the spot where he was at-tacked in the street.

The barbaric kill-ing, that has shocked the world, happened at 2.20pm on a busy main road just 50 yards from a primary school and 200 yards from Woolwich Barracks in South East London.

Lee Rigby’s attackers butchered the father one, after a car mounted the pavement and ploughed into him. He had just left Woolwich Barracks wear-ing a “Help for Heroes” t-shirt. Horrified witnesses tell how, during the cow-ardly attack, the behead-ed soldier was hacked at ‘like a piece of meat’. His attackers used knives and meat cleavers according to witnesses who saw the attack which took place in broad daylight.

A bloodied man with knives in his hand posed in front of cameras and spoke to onlookers imme-diately after the attack. Eye witnesses reported that the attackers were also seen filming themselves and taking pictures.

The two attackers were identified as Michael Adebolajo, 28, and Mi-chael Adebowale, 22. Both men are British citi-zens of Nigerian decent. The suspects were carry-ing a gun – believed to be a revolver – were later wounded in an apparent “suicide by cop” attempt after waiting at the scene for 20 minutes. When anti-terror squad officers arrived they charged at the police vehicle. Both men were both taken to hospital.

Talking in a chilling mobile phone video, Mi-chael Adebolajo is shown with his hands covered in blood as he clutches a cleaver and knife, the body of the soldier lying in the street behind him.

Speaking with a London accent, Adebolajo, ranted: “An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth. We swear by almighty Allah we will never stop fighting you.”

“You people will never be safe. Remove your governments, they don’t care about you. You think David Cameron is going to get caught in the street when we start busting our guns?”

So far, 10 suspects have been arrested in connec-tion with the sickening killing.

The incident has sparked a wave of protests from London’s diverse com-munity in largely peaceful demonstrations. Support-ers of the far-right English Defence League (EDL) rallied in London out-side Prime Minister Da-vid Cameron’s residence. Some waved placards and shouted anti-Islamic ob-scenities.

Demonstrators chanted “Muslim bombers off our streets”.

At a separate dem-onstration on Sunday, Right-wing protest-ers gathered at Islamic marches around London, including Sunday’s Al Quds march for in sup-port of pro-Palestinian groups. Tension rises around the city.

Nigerians in the United Kindom and around the world have spoken out to condemn the killing.

her hands. 15 She also rises while it is yet night, And provides food for her household, And a por-tion for her maidservants. 17 She girds herself with strength, And strengthens her arms. 20 She extends her hand to the poor, Yes, she reaches out her hands to the needy. 23 Her hus-band is known in the gates, When he sits among the el-ders of the land. 25 Strength and honor are her clothing; She shall rejoice in time to come. 26 She opens her mouth with wisdom, And on her tongue is the law of

kindness. 27 She watches over the ways of her house-hold, And does not eat the bread of idleness. (Proverbs 31:12-27 NKJV)

3) As a Christian, you must realise that you can-not and should not marry outside the camp. The man must be a child of God. Christian ladies sometimes ask me if they can convert a man to Christianity in or-der to marry him. No, this is not the way to go. This is what Moni tried to do in my novel ‘Tears On My Pillow’ but she failed. You cannot change a man or make him

become a good man. Only God can.

4)Prayer is very impor-tant. Be prayerful and ask God for wisdom so you will recognise the good man when he comes and see into his heart. You should never forget that God’s plans for you are plans of good and not evil, to give you the ex-pected end.

A house is built by wis-dom and becomes strong through good sense.” (Prov-erbs 24:3)

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began in Toronto in 2011, RCMP have said.

Active in communitySnook was originally

scheduled to enter pleas in March, but his lawyer requested the matter be adjourned until Wednes-day, saying he was waiting for full disclosure from the Crown.

Boyle had questioned whether Snook would be able to get a fair trial in Saint John, where he has been an active member of the community for many years.

Snook, a second-term city councillor, resigned

his seat on Jan. 17.“Regrettably, due to the

current circumstances I find myself in, I am no longer able to continue in my role as a councillor in the City of Saint John, representing Ward 3,” he stated in his handwritten resignation letter.

He was also suspended as director of the Saint John Inner City Youth Ministry, which involved overseeing the Chicken Noodle Club, a daily hot lunch program for disad-vantaged youth, for sev-eral years.

Snook served as a fos-

ter parent for 25 years, a former board member for the Boys and Girls Club, and a volunteer with several other organiza-tions, including PRO Kids (Positive Recreational Opportunities for Kids), National Child Day com-mittee and the South End Little League executive, according to his Facebook profile.

His work in the com-munity was recognized in 2003 with the YMCA Canada Peace medal.

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About one month later, the MUHC said it was can-celling plans to pave an “Ar-thur T. Porter Way” onto the hospital property.

A sixth man, Yohann El-baz, was arrested in April on similar charges.

MUHC spokesman Ian Popple declined to com-ment on the extent of the case, saying only that “this is a police matter. Justice is following its course. The MUHC continues to co-op-erate with the authorities.”

Less than one month be-fore he left his post at the MUHC, Porter resigned as chair of the Security Intel-ligence Review Committee,

which monitors the Cana-dian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS), after his ties to a controversial lobbyist became public.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper has said Porter’s alleged criminal acts had nothing to do with the work he did for the govern-ment of Canada.

Porter also has a history with the current leader of Quebec’s Liberal Party, Philippe Couillard.

In the past, other party members have questioned Couillard about his rela-tionship with the embattled executive.

Quebec Health Minister Réjean Hébert raised this point today when reached for comment.

“We know that [Couil-

lard] was the best friend of Mr. Porter and he was one of his associates, also, in a company,” Hébert said.

“I think Mr. Couillard should explain that rela-tionship he has with Mr. Porter.”

But Liberal finance critic Raymond Bachand said on Tuesday he is no longer concerned.

“We’ve set up UPAC. It shows the efficiency of the means we put in place to combat corruption,” Bachand said.

“I am very happy that the police have found the means to go to the ends that we’re all wanting as citizens.”

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TORONTO - The media storm surrounding Toronto Mayor Rob Ford’s alleged crack cocaine use contin-ues to grow. The world-wide press furore followed claims of the existence of film footage which, accord-ing to the Toronto Star, ap-pear to show Mayor Tom Ford partaking of the illicit

drug. Prompted by the ac-cusations, the mayor issued a statement in which he de-nied the claims.

In a press conference the mayor said that he did not use crack cocaine, nor was he an addict of crack co-caine.

“It is most unfortunate, very unfortunate, that my

colleagues and the great people of this city have been exposed to the fact that I have been judged by the media without any evidence,” said Ford. “This past week has not been an easy one. It has taken a great toll on my fam-ily and my friends and the

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Abolish al-majiri system, Mark tells Northern Govs

Temporary work in Canada on the rise

What Must The Law-Abiding Masses Do To Be Heard By Jonathan?

opinion

By HENRY UMORU & JOSEPH ERUNKE

ABUJA—SENATE Presi-dent, David Mark, blamed leaders and politicians from the North for the growing almajiri in the region, say-ing they must urgently rise up to ban the system.

This is even as he said the Federal Government would no longer condone criminal acts by people in the coun-try on excuse of unemploy-ment.

Mark, who spoke during a debate on a bill, “A Bill for an Act to Repeal and Re-enact the Trafficking in Persons (Prohibition) Act 2003”, sponsored by Senator Victor Ndoma-Egba, PDP, Cross River Central, was reacting to the issue of pa-rental negligence raised by Senator Alkali Abdulkadir Jajere, ANPP, Yobe South.

Jajere had sought a stiff legislation compelling par-ents, particularly in the North, to take adequate care of their wards, saying it was time for the almajiri system

in the region to be done away with.

He also gave a heart-rending picture of how he grew up without knowing his parents because of the system.

He gave a horrific story of the life he went through as an almajiri child.

According to him, it is by the grace of God that he was enrolled in school.

He also recalled that many of such children never had the opportunity he had to be educated.

Moved by Senator Jajere’s graphic story, Mark said: “It is amazing when we tend to make excuses for our fail-

ings. If you cannot gain em-ployment you, go and join a terrorist group so that you can be employed.

“You join Boko Haram be-cause you have no employ-ment. If you are poor, then you begin to trade and traf-fic in human beings so that you can be rich.

“These are all excuses. What about the people who are buying these people out-side. Is it because they can’t find employment or because they are poor? I think we should stop making excuses.

“Everything is reduced to the level of unemployment in the country. Nigeria is not the only country where everybody is not employed. That you are not employed does not mean you should go and do something very bizarre.

“You open up a baby fac-tory; you begin to sedate people and remove their or-gans to sell. It’s just never a good excuse for some of the things that we do.”

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President, David Mark

By Ogaga Ifowodo

What do the Nigerian people have to do to be heard by their government?As you read this, President

Jonathan is busy trying to impose amnesty on a blood-thirsty jihadist group that feels insulted by the idea. For all we know, the recent bloodbath in Baga — 200 bodies and still counting — may be partly Boko Haram’s way of avenging the slur! But the more frenzied the holy warriors’ killing and maim-ing spree in the name of a merciful Allah, the stronger the commitment to dialogue with them. Admittedly, the precedent was set by Jona-than’s deceased boss, Umaru Yar’Adua, with his pro-gramme of amnesty for mili-tants of the Niger Delta who had taken to arms, kidnap-ping and sabotage to press home their demands for fis-cal federalism, also known by the misleading shorthand “resource control.” Still, it is clear that the aims of one militant struggle, its excesses notwithstanding, can be met by constitutional means, and those of the other only by scripture.

So the answer to the ques-tion that begins this essay is obvious: the people must take up arms, form them-selves into militias, and wage murderous campaigns that lay waste to entire neigh-bourhoods, towns and re-gions. Only bloody violence, for Nigerian governments do not hesitate to crush peaceful protests with tanks and bullets. For merely sing-ing and drinking “pure wa-ter” in the streets, Jonathan rolled out the tanks to quell the January 2012 petroleum subsidy scam protests. If “we, the people” are to be heard, we must speak with guns and bombs and oceans of blood in our hands.

Even better if we can block the flow of petro-dollars to the treasury or render an entire region of the creaky republic ungovernable. Re-minds you of that time-worn phrase, “the balance of forc-es,” and it explains the gov-ernment’s double standards in its treatment of the Move-ment for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra. While Jonathan bends over backwards to placate Boko Haram, he is vigorously prosecuting MASSOB’s lead-er, Ralph Uwazurike, togeth-er with six of his comrades,

for treason. So amnesty for Niger Delta militants and Boko Haram but death for MASSOB because … well, MASSOB is not shutting down oil wells nor trying to establish with bombs, bullets and tears the New Jerusalem east of the Niger.

What, then, is Jonathan telling law-abiding citizens if not that they must first be-come bloodthirsty militants before he listens to them? Otherwise, why has he been so eager to set up advisory panels on every imagin-able problem but the most important: that of making a genuine nation out of the mere “geographical expres-sion” or “mistake of 1914” called Nigeria? In just three years, Jonathan has set up so many committees it is hard to keep count. A par-tial list: the General Dan-juma presidential advisory council on ways of cutting the behemoth federal gov-ernment to size; the Justice Belgore committee on re-view of outstanding consti-tutional issues; the Adamu Fika committee on review of the reform processes in the Nigerian public service; the Lateef Adegbite committee on public awareness on (sic) security and civic responsi-

bilities; the Steve Oronsaye committee on rationaliza-tion and restructuring of federal government para-statals, commissions and agencies, essentially a repli-cation of the Danjuma com-mittee; the Sheikh Ahmed Lemu panel on the civil disturbances that trailed the 2011 general elections; the panel of governors of the Ni-ger Delta to strengthen the Niger Delta Development Commission and make it ac-countable; the Nuhu Ribadu special task force on petro-leum resources, as well as several ministerial and legis-lative committees.

On 4 April, Jonathan set up a committee to advise him on “the feasibility or otherwise” of granting am-nesty to Boko Haram. Twen-ty days later, he constituted the Turaki implementation committee in the hope of re-storing peace to the northern region. But Boko Haram’s goal of an Islamic republic

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amounts to a total renun-ciation of the constitution, of the basic governing princi-ples of the federation. Their jihadist cause is certainly not a matter for dialogue among a few handpicked individu-als reporting to the presi-dent. It is, rather,part of the National Question, different aspects of which have every corner of the country seeth-ing with barely containable fury.

If Jonathan could think and act for a moment like a bold statesman, rather than as a squeamish politician, he would seek nominations directly from the public and set up forth with a pre-paratory committee for a Sovereign National Confer-ence. Its terms of reference, loosely stated, would be to consider the feasibility or otherwise of convening a Sovereign National Confer-ence wherein Nigerians, as citizens, would for the first time decide on the terms

of peaceful co-existence; agree on the structure and fundamental objectives of the state, and devolution of power from the centre to the federating units; col-late opinions from differ-ent ethnic, socio-cultural and professional groups on the modality of the confer-ence, including a specific time frame for its activities culminating in a people’s Constitution subject only to ratification by plebiscite; the manner of ensuring stability of government during the period of the SNC until the elections to usher in the new republic.

But, of course, Jonathan will not do the most needful thing in our country today, so I will remind him of those prescient words of John F. Kennedy: “Those who make peaceful revolution impossi-ble will make violent change inevitable.”

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By Jennifer Kwan

There is a steep rise in the proportion of temporary work in Canada, especially in the areas of nursing, infor-mation systems analysts and consultants and financial ser-vices clerks.

That’s according to recent data by job search site Ca-reerBuilder.ca, which focuses on the top 10 fastest-growing temporary jobs in Canada based on percentage growth.

Licensed practical nurses topped the list and is an oc-cupation that has ballooned by 60 per cent, representing some 296 jobs, since 2010. Information systems ana-lysts and consultants ranked second, with a 44 per cent increase, while bank and in-surance clerks was third on the list with a 43 per cent in-crease.

Still, employers appear split on their hiring intentions. Half of nearly 300 employers surveyed say they plan to hire temporary or contract work-ers sometime in 2013, Ross Levadi, director of staffing and recruiting at the job site, said in a statement.

But at the same time, Leva-di said nearly two in five em-ployers also say they plan to transition their temporary workers into full-time roles at some point this year.

Other jobs on CareerBuild-er’s list include: landscaping and grounds maintenance workers, purchasing and in-ventory clerks, records man-agement and filing clerks, payroll clerks and light duty cleaners. Registered nurses and computer network tech-nicians also made the list of fastest-rising temp jobs.

Temporary work appears to be here to stay, growing at a faster rate than permanent work, according to a Globe

and Mail report on Monday. It cited most of the growth in temporary work over the past decade and a half has been among young people and mostly in education, culture and the accommodation and food services sector.

Statistics Canada data showed the number of tem-porary workers in Canada hit a record two million last year, amounting to 13.6 per cent of the broader work force. Since the recession, tempo-rary work has risen at more than triple the pace of perma-nent employment, the report noted.

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Real estate insuRance

Think carefully before buying a water heater at the door

4 credit score myths busted

I received an offer on my home Now what?

Ask questions when buying or renewing insurance

Want to file a complaint about a telemarketing call? Here’s how

and what to expect

When you get the call from your Realtor saying that an offer has been submitted on your home, your first reaction will probably be excitement. But soon after, the reality that you are going to be moving out of your home will set in, which may spur some con-flicting emotions.

Next, you will have a num-ber of questions, such as, how much the buyer is offering, if there are any terms or condi-tions on the offer and if your Realtor will have to get into a series of negotiations.

“Remember, this is primar-ily a business transaction so try and keep the emotion out of it. Focus on evaluating the nuts and bolts of the offer, without letting your emotion-al attachment to the home in-fluence your judgment,” says Phil Dorner, president of the Ontario Real Estate Associa-tion.

“Your Realtor will act as an intermediary between you and the buyer, which will help you assess the offer in a calm, rational manner,” says Dorner.

Once you receive an offer:• Your Realtor is required to

show you every offer submit-ted on your property. She or he will make an appointment with you to discuss the offer or offers.

• Most offers are submitted on a form prepared by a local real estate board or associa-tion based on the Agreement of Purchase and Sale created by the Ontario Real Estate As-sociation.

• If the offer was drawn up by another Realtor he or she may present it in a meeting with you and your Realtor. The Realtor(s) will walk you through the language of the offer step-by-step.

• Once you’ve thoroughly reviewed the offer, you will discuss it with your Realtor and of course, have the oppor-tunity to think about the offer and talk privately.

• With any offer, you have three choices: accept, reject, or “sign it back,” to the buyer with a counter-offer.

What happens next de-pends on what you and your Realtor decide to do with the offer.

If you choose to accept and sign the offer, you have signed a legally binding contract to sell your home, subject to any conditions.

If you reject the offer, the buyer may choose to submit another offer for your review and response.

Finally, if you “sign back” proposed changes to the buy-er’s price or terms through a counter-offer, the buyer then has the option of accepting your terms, rejecting them or submitting yet another coun-ter-offer. This process of ex-changing counter-offers con-tinues until both parties agree completely, or until one of you ends the negotiation.

No matter what you decide to do with an offer to buy your home; your Realtor is there to guide you through the process and make sure that you are comfortable with your deci-sion. For more information, visit www.howrealtorshelp.ca.

(NC)—From cookies and knives to life insur-ance and water heater rent-als, there is almost nothing you can't buy from a door-to-door salesperson.

But buyer beware: With this convenience may come a cost. When making any purchase, especially a major home appliance like a water heater, it's impor-tant to do your research and know what you're buy-ing. Here are some things that a qualified contractor can help you consider:

• What are your water usage habits? Households have differ-

ent needs when it comes to hot water. Every house contains different appli-

ances with different re-quirements. A home with teenagers may need more hot water for showers, for

example. How you wash your dishes or clothes, and how often, also affects the overall hot water con-sumption. An assessment of your household needs will help you to decide the size of the water heater required—and if energy costs are important to you, the energy-efficiency rating should be noted as well.

• Rent or Own? Like any other ele-

ment of the mechanical systems in your home, water heaters are an in-vestment in the future comfort and convenience of your family. There are many different options for

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By Bobby Box

(NC)—Your credit score is a three-digit number rang-ing from 300-900 that tells future lenders how risky it is to lend you money based on your history of making debt payments.

There are many miscon-

ceptions about what it takes to keep your score high. We asked Henrietta Ross, the CEO of the Canadian Asso-ciation of Credit (CACCS) to help us sort fact from fic-tion:

Myth 1: You must use major credit

cards to build a good score.

Truth: If you're unable to obtain a major credit card, there are other ways to build your credit history. Mak-ing regular payments on installment loans such as a car lease can positively af-fect your score, as do depart-ment-store cards and secure credit cards, which require a cash deposit in the amount

By Glenn Cooper

(NC)—Part of being an educated consumer is asking questions when you make a purchase, especially if you are put-ting out a considerable amount of money.

The truth is that while people often spend hours researching retail purchases such as a new Smartphone or pair of shoes, they spend very little time researching their insurance options.

Whether you are buy-ing a home, auto, or travel insurance policy, make sure you fully understand the cover-age you are agreeing to. There are too many peo-ple that sign up for or re-new an insurance policy without giving it more than a quick glance. This leads to situations where

people make assump-tions about their cover-age, only to find out at inopportune times that they don’t have the cov-erage they thought they had.

“Always get your in-surance coverage advice from a licensed insur-ance broker before you sign up for a policy,” says Wayne Ross, an insur-ance expert with Aviva Canada. “They will work with you to understand your needs and recom-mend coverage that is right for you and your family.”

If you are not clear about something in your policy, ask your broker for clarification. This will help ensure that you have the coverage you need.

Here are some of the questions that you may want to ask when buying

insurance:• Can I save money if

I pay for my policy up-front each year?

• What discounts are available?

• Can I save money if I raise my deductible?

• Does the coverage vary for different types of occurrences?

• Does my policy in-clude sewer back-up coverage?

Asking these questions will help you make an informed decision about your coverage. Insurance coverage is an impor-tant investment and you owe it to yourself to be diligent and understand what you are getting for the money you are pay-ing for your policy. More information is available from your insurance broker or online at Aviva

Canada.com.

(NC)—If you register a telephone or fax number on Canada’s Do Not Call List (DNCL), yet still receive tele-marketing calls more than 31 days after you registered, you can file a complaint with the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC).

If you decide to file a com-plaint, here are some things to keep in mind:

• The CRTC investigates complaints, and while inves-tigators do not follow up per-sonally with every consumer, they may contact you if they need further information.

• When filing a complaint, you must provide as much detail as possible, including the telemarketer’s name and

number, the date of the call, the nature of the complaint and your contact informa-tion. If the complaint relates to a fax, you will need to send a copy of the fax to the CRTC.

• You can withdraw your complaint at any time by contacting the CRTC (al-though it may continue to investigate the matter).

• While the CRTC will not comment on the status of on-going investigations, it does report on concluded investi-gations on its website.

• If the CRTC finds a vio-lation has occurred, it will act to bring the offender into compliance and may impose penalties of up $1,500 per violation for individuals and

up to $15,000 per violation for corporations.

• Sometimes telemarket-ers use “spoofing” which is not an acceptable business practice. Spoofing is when a business hides it’s actual tele-phone number. Be sure to ask for a call back number when you have the telemarketer on the phone.

More information, includ-ing a summary of the Na-tional DNCL Rules and the Telemarketing Rules, is avail-able at www.lnnte-dncl.gc.ca. You can also file a complaint at the website, by phoning 1-866-580-DNCL (1-866-580-3625) or by placing a TTY call to 1-888-DNCL-TTY (1-888-362-5889).

of the credit limit.Myth 2: You can't make up for mis-

takes such as late payments.Truth: It takes time, but

your credit will become pos-itive as you build consistency with timely payments, Ross says. How much time it will take depends on a number of factors, including how long the 'late payment' has been on your record and how long you've had the debt.

Myth 3: Paying cash boosts your

score.Truth: You need to use

credit in order to demon-strate your ability to make payments. Using credit at least once every 30 days and making payments on time will keep you in good stand-ing, says Ross.

Myth 4: I will not qualify for a

mortgage if I've had a poor

credit score.Truth: Lenders look at

your entire financial pic-ture, including your as-sets, available cash flow, and debt-to-income ratio. They'll also review your housing expense-to-income ratio, which is a comparison of your expected monthly mortgage payment with your gross monthly income. For more information on buying a home please visit, www.genworth.ca.



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London police arrest two Arik cabin crew members over alleged drug trafficking

JTF bans hawking, begging around checkpoints in Yobe

Oshiomole Says Edo State Government Will Not Subsidise Pilgrimage

Ogun uncovers N200m WAEC fees fraud

The Joint Task Force on Internal Security (JTF) in Yobe, has banned hawk-ing and begging around security checkpoints in the state, a statement said in Damaturu.

The statement, issued by the JTF spokesman, Lt. Eli Lazarus, advised hawkers to use “designated markets and other approved places for trading activities.’’

”Henceforth, anybody

found hawking around se-curity checkpoints will be arrested and prosecuted,” the statement stated.

It further warned beggars against squatting around checkpoints to beg for alms from motorists lined up for stop and search operations.

The News Agency of Ni-geria reports that hawkers and beggars in Damaturu and other major towns in the state often besiege se-

curity checkpoints to do business and beg respec-tively.

The Yobe Government on Monday reviewed the curfew period in the state from 8.00p.m. to 7.00a.m, to 6.00p.m. to 6.00a.m. after the Federal Govern-ment declared emergency rule in the state with two others.

Punch

Ogun State Government has uncovered a fraud of about N200m in the pay-ment of the West African Examination Council fees for students in its secondary schools.

A statement by the gov-ernment on Tuesday, said the fraudulent practices be-ing perpetrated by officials in the education sector, spanned the last three aca-demic sessions.

The statement said, “Four officials, two males and two females, are already in the police net and they are aid-

ing in the investigations on the matter. Other suspects are being investigated for their roles in the fraud.”

The government said pre-liminary investigation sug-gested that the fraud was perpetrated through infla-tion of the list of candidates

in public schools.The Secretary to the State

Government, Mr. Taiwo Adeoluwa, said, “This is a disturbing development. Education is number one on the five-cardinal pro-gramme of our administra-tion and that is why we are investing so much to rebuild the sector.

“Officials who think they can divert funds meant for this important sector are in for a surprise. Anybody who is implicated in this scam will be made to face the full wrath of the law.”

Mr. Taiwo Adeoluwa

It has been annual prac-tice of Nigerian states for years now to send select-ed indigenes of the state on pilgrimage to Mecca and Jerusalem, but Edo State will not be sending pilgrims to the holy lands this year.

Governor Adams Os-hiomhole, on Thursday, made this known as he said the state government would not use taxpay-ers’ money to subsidise pilgrimage to holy lands, describing the exercise as “a luxury”.

Oshiomhole who stated this while receiving com-missioners and officials of the Nigerian Christian Pilgrim Commission in Benin, the Edo State capi-tal said, “For those who want to travel for pil-grimage, we cannot dis-courage them, but what I am not ready to do is to take taxpayers’ money to subsidise someone who wishes to go and pray. I

have issues with that be-cause people who pay taxes work so hard to pay.

“If you look at the total-ity of the challenges that we face, many are home-less, so many communi-ties are without water, many schools we have rebuilt and still many more to be done. Many people are unemployed, many are hungry; quite a number are in the hos-pital, who are not able to pay their bills. When you look at all these and sev-eral other problems, I am of the opinion that pil-grimage is not a priority.”

The governor added, “I have a deeper insight into the challenges that con-

front the Nigerian nation and even Edo State. I have come to the conclusion that pilgrimage is a lux-ury. Even from the point of view of the poor, a man who has no roof over his head cannot be spiritually uplifted if he goes to Is-rael and returns to a state of homelessness.

“I would rather sub-sidise production, edu-cation and health care, because these are central to the survival of our peo-ple. So, this is an issue to which I have very strong position.

“Government is not go-ing to campaign for more people going on pilgrim-age as this puts more pressure on the exchange rate.

“In any case, only clean heart, rather than pil-grimage is what will de-cide our place hereafter.”

Source: www.informa-tionng.com

Governor Adams Oshiomholegreat people of Toronto.”

He explained that he had remained silent on the ac-cusations of crack cocaine use on the advice of his solicitor. He thanked the people of Toronto for “their outpouring of support”.

Regarding the termina-tion of his ten year football coaching arrangement at Don Bosco Catholic Sec-ondary School, Tom Ford said that he “would like to thank and congratulate all the young men that I’ve had the opportunity to coach and improve their lives.”

In his brief statement to the media, Tom Ford said that it was “business as usu-al” at City Hall. He offered assurances that City Hall was continuing to fight for the taxpayers every day. He

said that he would continue to do what he was elected to do and that was “to keep taxes low, to improve cus-tomer service, and to re-duce the size and cost of government.”

He also made reference to ousted Chief of Staff Mark Towhey who, according to the Toronto Star, was fired without explanation as the crack cocaine scandal deep-ened. In the statement to the press Ford said “I would like to thank my former Chief of Staff Mark Towey for all he has done.”

Mark Towey is not the only person who has left City Hall suddenly. Ac-cording to CBC news, Tom Ford’s press secretary and deputy press secretary re-signed shortly after the

statement to media rep-resentatives. The exit of Tom Ford’s press staff has fuelled the media interest surrounding the troubled Mayor.

The speculation is in-creasing as the gossip web-site, The Gawker exceeds its controversial crowd fund-ing target of $200 000 to purchase the video from its owners. The owners of the video claim that they wish to use the money to relocate to another city where they feel safer. In the event of the deal falling through, The Gawker has pledged to do-nate the money to a Cana-dian non-profit institution that helps people suffering from drug addiction.

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* Airline may be fined, NDLEA begins probeTWO workers of Arik

Air were recently arrest-ed at London Heathrow Airport in connection with alleged drug traf-ficking. Both the Na-tional Drug Law Enforce-ment Agency (NDLEA) and Arik Air are investi-gating the circumstances that led to the drug traf-ficking by the duo said to be cabin crew members of the airline.

The airline, however, said it would wait for the outcome of the investiga-tion before it could come out with a statement on the situation. There are indications that Arik Air may be fined if the sus-pects are found guilty of the illicit act in line with aviation practice.

The frequency of drug trafficking aboard Bra-zilian national airline, Varig, was one of the rea-sons the carrier ceased operations to Nigeria 19 years ago. The same rea-son was adduced for the cessation of operations of Air India to Nigeria many years ago.

The Chairman/Chief Executive of NDLEA, Ahmadu Giade, has or-dered the investigation of the two crew members of Arik Air. It was learnt that one of the suspects was found in possession of 6kg of cocaine while

the other was found with 60 packets of cigarettes.

The Arik Air flight re-portedly took off from the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos. Eight out of 10 crew members that travelled with the flight were said to have been cleared while the remaining two were still being held in London. According to the NDLEA chairman, “we have re-ceived a report of the ar-rest and I have ordered a full-scale investigation of the incident. Anyone found wanting shall be brought to book as no effort shall be spared in protecting the image of our country.”

The Spokesman for NDLEA, Jarikre Ofoyeju, recalled that on August 8, 2007, officials of the NDLEA arrested a Virgin Atlantic crew member with drugs on a London-bound flight. The crew member was caught at the Lagos airport with 1.743kg of cocaine. The drug, which was con-cealed in a black poly-thene bag inside a hand luggage, was found in the flight compartment. The agency also vowed to beef up security checks at

all entry and exit points in the country.

The Spokesman for Arik Air, Banji Ola, said the airline was co-operat-ing fully with the United Kingdom (UK) authori-ties and all other agen-cies concerned in the investigation. The street value of the cocaine in possession of a member of the crew, according to a source in NDLEA, is valued at over N180 mil-lion.

He said the carrier re-mained committed to the fight against drug and illicit substances traf-ficking and would not tolerate the use of any of its aircraft or crew for the trafficking of banned items and substances.

According to the air-line, “the attention of the management of Arik Air has been drawn to the detention in UK of two of its cabin crew members in connection with al-leged possession of items suspected to be banned substances.

“Arik Air is co-oper-ating fully with the UK authorities and all other concerned agencies in their investigations.”

The Guardian



state newsEkiti Names New Deputy Governor

Oyo state begs EFCC for seized money from ex-governor

Ogun signs MOU on light rail mass transit

FG okays military base in Ekiti Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kay-

ode Fayemi has forwarded the name of Chairperson of the State’s Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), Prof Modupe Adelabu, to the State House of Assembly for consideration as the new dep-uty governor of the state.

Governor Fayemi, in a letter dated May 3, 2013, and addressed to the Speaker of the Assembly, Adewale Omirin, requested the House to consider Prof Adelabu for the position of deputy gover-nor, in the bid to fill the vacant position following the death of the former deputy governor, Fun-milayo Olayinka, on April 6, 2013.

Mrs Adelabu, a Professor of Ed-ucation at the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile –Ife, was Head of the Department of Education Administration and Planning of the institution before her appoint-ment as Chairperson of Ekiti State SUBEB in July 2011.

An Ado-Ekiti Princess, Prof Adelabu was born on May 23, 1950 in Ado Ekiti to Prince and Mrs. Samuel Adepoju Adejugbe. She attended Christ’s School, Ado-Ekiti (1962 – 1967) and Olivet Baptist High School, Oyo (1968 -1970). She holds a B.A. (Ed) (1975); MPhil (1981); and PhD (1990), all from the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile- Ife.

Prof Adelabu started her teach-

ing career as a Graduate Assistant in 1976 in the Department of Educational Administration and Planning , OAU, where she rose to the post of Professor in 2008. She served as Head of the Depart-ment of Educational Administra-tion several times and also served as External Examiner in some universities including the Univer-sity of Ibadan; University of La-gos; University of Ilorin and Ekiti State University, Ado-Ekiti.

She has served as Council Member of National Teachers’ Institute (2001 – 2003), Coun-cil Member, Christ International Divinity College (an affiliate of Acadia University Canada) Er-inmo (2005 – 2010); Member Planning and Implementation Committee Joseph Ayo Babalola University (2004 – 2005); Mem-ber of Council Joseph Ayo Baba-lola University (2005 – 2010). She

was also a foundation member of Board, Ekiti State World Bank As-sisted Poverty Reduction Agency (2000 – 2003); Member of Oxford Round Table, Oxford England, among other bodies.

A seasoned scholar and admin-istrator of international repute, Prof Adelabu’s major research area is on policy and personnel issues in education, including the roles of the state in education; teacher education as well poverty and gender related issues in edu-cation, particularly in rural areas. She has published over 30 articles in both national and international journals.

She has consulted for the World Bank, Universal Basic Education Commission in Nigeria, United Kingdom Department for Inter-national Development (DFID) and other international agencies.

She has also served as resource person for UNDP, UNICEF and UNESCO on various educational issues. She was also part of the 15-member Education Reform Panel that worked on Ekiti State government’s reforms in the edu-cation sector. She is a recipient of the 2013 Kwame Nkrumah Leadership Award (African Ad-ministration Icon) organised by the All- African Student Union (ASSU). SOURCE: http://ekitistate.gov.ng/2013/05/fayemi-names-new-deputy/

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BY FEMI MAKINDE, ADO EKITI

Federal Government has ap-proved the establishment of a mili-tary base in Ekiti State in order to check the activities of criminals in the state.

Governor Kayode Fayemi made this known in Ado Ekiti during a stakeholders’ meeting with tra-ditional rulers, security agencies, and representatives of sub-ethnic groups as well as transport unions in the state.

Speaker of the state House of As-sembly, Dr. Adewale Omirin, Com-missioner of Police in the state, Mr. Sotonye Wakama, Director of State Security Services, representative of the Commander of the Nige-rian Army 33 Artillery, Okitipupa, Commandant of the Nigerian Se-curity and Civil Defence Corps and the Comptroller of Immigration in the state all attended the meeting.

The governor, who promised the citizens of continued protection of lives and property, said his admin-istration would install surveillance cameras in strategic places in the state.

The initiative, according to him, is to make the state a no-go area for criminals.

Fayemi said, “I just got a message

from the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Azubuike Ihejirika, informing me of the President’s approval for the establishment of a military base in the state. The proposed cameras, which operation would first begin in Ado- Ekiti, will help security agencies in tracking and curbing crimes.”

He added that the state govern-ment was in talks with the Nigeria Communications Commission to obtain “emergency lines” that would facilitate better communi-cation among the citizens, security agencies as well as officials of the revitalised state Fire Service and paramedics.

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Governor Kayode Fayemi

Government of the Nigerian western state of Oyo has asked the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to release to it money and property belonging to the state confiscated from its former governor, Senator Rashidi Ladoja, as well as expedite the trial of former governor, Adebayo Alao-Akala.

This decision described as nec-essary for good governance was part of the resolutions of the State Executive Council.

The State Commissioner for In-formation, Pastor Taiwo Otegb-eye who disclosed this to the press through a press statement made available to P.M. NEWS said, “The Executive Council of Oyo State Government has passed a reso-lution urging the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to expedite action on the trial of the two former governors of Oyo State and their co-accused

persons facing trial for misappro-priation of the state funds and re-sources.”

While commending the EFCC for its giant strides in investigat-ing, arresting and prosecuting the two former governors for offences relating to misappropriation and conversion of the state funds and resources, the government noted that the trials of the former gover-nors were yet to commence.

More specifically, in the state-ment, the state asked the com-

mission to release to it the state government money and property, which included impounded vehi-cles which were purchased from the proceeds of the loot for some family members, that were recov-ered from the former governor and fellow accused persons.

According to the government, the money and property recov-ered by the anti-graft agency, which it said were well over N700 million was still outstanding.

The government thus demand-ed for the refund to enable the state apply and use it for the ex-ecution of developmental projects in the state.

“The council pledges the sup-port and cooperation of the Oyo State Government to EFCC in its task of ridding the country of cor-ruption,” the statement said.

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The Ogun State Government has signed a Memorandum of Under-standing (MOU) on light rail mass transit with the China Civil Engi-neering Construction Company that will link major cities in the State as well as boost its economy.

While signing the MOU in his Oke-Mosan Office in Abeokuta, Governor Ibikunle Amosun noted that there can be no development without putting the necessary in-frastructures in place. He said “We have been doing our best on roads but it is high time we paid atten-tion to rail as well. We are starting the mass transit within Abeokuta metropolis. This will be extended to all our major towns including the Ado-Odo/Ota axis which will encompass all the border area with Lagos.”

“Our first focus is intra city rail mass transit, thereafter we will em-bark on linking the cities together. Within the next couple of years, you will begin to see the results of what we are trying to do to im-prove transportation of goods and services,” he said.

Amosun said it was imperative to boost transportation in the State since the state population is pro-jected to rise significantly over the next couple of years.

In his remarks, the Managing Director of China Civil Engineer-ing Construction Company, Mr. Cao Bao Gang applauded the Senator Ibikunle Amosun-led ad-ministration for its developmental vision for the State, pointing out that, “the project on completion will enhance the transportation

system and contribute to the eco-nomic development of the Gate-way State.”

He assured that the highest qual-ity will be deployed in the imple-mentation of the project adding that it will also provide jobs for residents and help the unskilled ones to gain adequate knowledge

through training and involvement in the whole process.

The signing of the MOU was witnessed by top government functionaries including the Sec-retary to the State Government - Barrister Taiwo Adeoluwa, Attorney-General and Commis-sioner for Justice - Mrs. Abimbola

Akeredolu, Commissioner for Commerce and Industry - Otunba Bimbo Ashiru, Commissioner for Information and Strategy - Alhaji Yusuph Olaniyonu as well as the Chinese Consul-General, Liu Xian Fa, among others.

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to Buy Re-election With Exotic Cars

Ekiti immortalises late Deputy Governor

Kano Governor, Kwankwaso, Blames Government And

Society For Nigeria’s Insecurity

Lagos bans construction of buildings on weekends, at night

Imo awards 11.5km road for N1.7b

Matthew James in the Kafanchan area of trou-bled Southern Kaduna, is angry because he states that while Southern Ka-duna is on fire, Senator Nenadi Esther Usman is distributing exotic cars to leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the area in an effort to win re-election.

Former Finance Min-ister Usman represents the Southern Kaduna Senatorial District in the Upper House, and James alleges she is try-ing to clear her way by giving away the cars by the name of economic empowerment, while she ignores the ongoing killings by so-called “un-known gunmen.”

Mr. James added that the Senator is also heav-ily inducing elders and unprincipled politicians in the area to her side by doling out hard cash. He observed that there is growing resistance, particularly among radi-cal Southern Kaduna youths and politicians who are working against her “monetized politics”

and ineffective repre-sentation in the Senate, drawing attention to un-der-development issues along with the insecurity in Southern Kaduna.

He said, “It surprised us on Monday when the Senator instead of [be-ing] bothered about the killings, and myriads of crucial issues in South-ern Kaduna just came in and bribed chairmen of PDP in all eight lo-cal government’s area of Southern Kaduna with exotic cars. While we are still searching for the corpses of our people killed in Attakar.

“Her primary duty is to make laws and make our wishes known to Nigerians through the Senate and not sharing exotic cars and bribing elders ahead of 2015,” James said. “It is an in-sult; to her, the people

of Southern Kaduna are commodities, and she can price and pay like she did in 2011.

She did that in 2011, buying Golf Cars for Christian Association of Nigeria leaders and now counting on buying cars and dishing out money as a bribe in lieu of con-crete achievements. How can a Senator behave like this ?

He expressed anger that the Senator is un-worried about the kill-ings that have crippled socio-economic activi-ties, including agricul-ture, stressing that the people cannot farm without security.

“And now she is boast-ing that it was her mon-ey that gave her and nothing will stop her in 2015,” James said.

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Governor Rabi’u Musa Kwankwaso of Kano State took a critical look at the in-security in the country, and divided the blame between governments, politicians, traditional rulers and reli-gious leaders, parents, and communities.

“We are all guilty,” was his verdict.

Kwankwaso was speak-ing at a meeting with the Presidential Committee on Dialogue and Peaceful Reso-lution of security challenges in the North, aka Amnesty Committee. He traced the security problem to the fail-ure of the nation’s leaders to take full responsibility of governance and offer the dividends of democracy to the people.

He also regretted that family values are no longer being upheld. “Parents no longer take responsibility of their family,” he said.

In a statement with impor-tant implications for the life-style in the North, he said, “We have a situation in this part of the country where parents give birth to 20 to 30 children, chose only two out of them and send the rest away to God knows where.

“Children are sent to plac-es that they don’t know. They are left to fend for them-selves. We have a situation where you go round the city and find garrison of chil-dren—able-bodied youths begging.”

He said that having been abandoned by their parents, those children “grow up to hate themselves, hate their parents, hate the leaders, hate the government and the society. They feel they were deprived, they feel injustice and they become enemies of the state and constituted authorities; and thereby be-coming vulnerable to crime and violence.”

According to the governor, “These are the bitter pills we must swallow—that we are all guilty of what is happen-

ing today. We have to wake up and rise up to the chal-lenges. What started in Yobe and Borno is everywhere in the North, it may eventu-ally envelope the country if we don’t check it now. It is a national issue that must be addressed.”

The governor, also a for-mer Defence Minister called on the government and Ni-gerians to eschew greed and ensure that what is meant for the people goes round.

To end the Boko Haram insurgency, he challenged the leaders to embark on long-term planning, and on incumbents to plan only for their chance at a second term in office while the ac-tual business of governance suffers.

“As a former Defence Minister, I advise that the rule of engagement must be strictly followed by soldiers deployed to those areas [in which] we have emergency rule,” he cautioned. “I ap-peal to those affected in this insurgency to come to the table and dialogue. We have to reduce the issue of greed, if we cannot eliminate it. We have to ensure that

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Governor Rabi’u Musa Kwankwaso

In fulfilment of the pledge by the Ekiti State Government to immor-talise the late Deputy Governor of the State - Mrs Funmilayo Adunni Olayinka, who died last month, the State Gover-nor - Dr Kayode Fayemi, has named one of the ad-ministration’s legacy proj-ects - the Ultra-modern Civic Centre, currently under construction after her.

A statement signed by the Governor’s Chief Press Secretary - Olayinka Oyebode indicated that the Civic Centre, which is being built on a large expanse of land near the Government House com-plex and billed for com-pletion by the end of the

year, would be known as Funmilayo Olayinka Civic Centre.

The Governor also an-nounced the naming of the newly constructed Ati-kankan-Baptist Church Road in Ado-Ekiti as Fun-milayo Olayinka Drive.

Also, a Cancer Diagnos-tic Centre - Funmi Olay-inka Cancer Diagnostic Centre - would be built in the memory of the de-

parted Deputy Governor at the Ekiti State Univer-sity Teaching Hospital (EKSUTH).

The Cancer Diagnostic Centre, which would be built by the state govern-ment in collaboration with a non-governmental organisation – Ekiti De-velopment Foundation (EDF), will focus on early detection and treatment of the dreaded disease.

The centre will com-mence initial operation in the coming months with the commissioning of a mammogram at the cen-tre aimed at detection and early diagnosis of breast cancer.

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by Chukwuma Okparaocha

As part of measures to combat incessant collapse of buildings in the state, the Lagos State government has banned developers from carrying out construction works on weekends, public holidays and at night.

This was disclosed by the Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban De-velopment, Toyin Ayinde, during the ministry’s yearly press conference, in Lagos.

According to Ayinde, a common feature of many of the buildings that had col-lapsed in the state but which were still under construc-tion is that many of them were located in obscure ar-eas of the state

“Very worrisome is the fact that some unscrupu-lous developers and builders have decided to embark on illegal construction work at weekends, public holidays and even at night. This will no longer be tolerated.

He said subsequently, the ministry would now beam its searchlight on such ac-tivities and would soon ex-tend its monitoring services to spot out those involved in such acts.

He added that henceforth, all illegal structures would be removed while there would be arrests of devel-opers and any construction worker found on sites be-yond regular working hours.

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Charles Ogugbuaja, Owerri

IMO State Government has awarded contract for the dualization of 11.5 kilo-metre Imo University, Ow-erri-Egbu-Orlu ring road at a cost of N1.7 billion, the state governor, Chief Rochas Okorocha, has dis-closed.

Inspecting the prelimi-nary construction work at the site on Tuesday in Ow-erri, capital of Imo State,

Okorocha said the state government was bothered by the increasing menace of traffic jam in the city, adding that the contract awarded to J P Construction Company would ease the problem en-countered by scores of mo-torists in the capital city.

The governor said his ad-ministration would com-plete all the ongoing proj-ects before the end of his tenure in 2015.

He urged residents of Ow-erri city to have patience on

the construction work going on, adding that the simulta-neous construction of the road and drainage, when completed, would take care of the recurring flood wit-nessed in the Works Layout vicinity.

Okorocha appealed to in-habitants of the city to de-silt the drainage in front of their houses, appealing to them to desist from block-ing gutters with substances.

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Immigration Minister Ja-son Kenney believes these changes represent a win-win situation for both Canadians and family members abroad.

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Local leaders in northern Ghana have announced the abolition of the ritual killing of babies born with physical disabilities, who were believed to have been possessed by evil spir-its. “Spirit children” were thought to have been a sign of impending misfor-tune and given a poisonous drink to kill them.

One campaigner told the BBC that improved health-care and education meant such beliefs were becom-ing less common. Activist Raymond Ayine welcomed the ban, which covers seven towns. But he said he could not guarantee that the practice had been eradicated from the whole country.

The BBC’s reporter says the Kasena-Nankana re-gion, where the ban has been announced, is the part of Ghana where such beliefs are most wide-spread. Sometimes, babies born at the same time as a family misfortune were also accused of being “spir-it children” and killed.

The “concoction men” who used to give the chil-dren the poisonous drink

have been given new roles; they will now work with disabled children to pro-mote their rights. Inves-tigative journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas told the BBC’s Focus on Africa programme that he took a plastic doll to a soothsayer, saying it was a child with eating problems and physi-cal disabilities.

“He consulted the ora-cles, jumped up and down and after this said that the oracles confirmed that the child was an evil child and that the child needed to be killed immediately, and that the child had already killed two members of my family,” he said.

Local chief Naba Henry Abawine Amenga-Etigo said that anyone caught trying to harm children from now on would be handed over to the police. Ayine, from the campaign

group Afrikids, said he was “saddened that in today’s era, a child could lose its life because of such a bar-baric practice”.

He noted that in rural ar-eas where such beliefs are more common, women of-ten give birth without ever seeing a midwife, let alone having a pre-natal scan. As a result, childbirth leads to complications more often than elsewhere, he said.

He also said that even be-fore the official ban, there had been no recorded case of the killing of “spirit chil-dren” in the area for the past three years. He put this down to awareness campaigns, as well as im-proved access to education that meant more people understood that physical disabilities had a medical explanation.

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Rodrigue Dadje, a law-yer to Simone Gbagbo, the wife of former Ivorian President Laurent Gbag-bo, said that his client’s health is deteriorating.

He told newsmen in Ab-idjan that the former Ivo-rian first lady had become very weak and emaciated.

“We visited her, she is conscious but she is in a situation that gives us se-rious concern,’’ he said.

Mrs. Gbagbo is said to be currently receiving medical attention at an in-ternational clinic in Abi-djan.

The former first lady, who has been in deten-tion in the northern part of Cote d’Ivoire, was transferred to Abidjan on health grounds after many requests from her lawyers.

The arrest of the former president and his wife on June 11, 2011 ended the Ivorian post-electoral cri-

sis which led to the loss of more than 3,000 lives.

She is being accused of crime against humanity, including murder, rape

and other forms of sexual violence committed be-tween Dec. 16, 2010 and April 12, 2011.

But the UN Independent Expert on the Human Rights situation in Cote d’Ivoire, Doudou Diene, said Simone was in good

health condition.The International Crim-

inal Court (ICC) on Feb-ruary 29, 2012 issued an arrest warrant on Simone

Gbagbo for crimes against humanity.

The Ivorian government also said it had not re-sponded to ICC’s call as it was still awaiting the rec-ommendation of its justice ministry.

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Omar Borkan Al Gala, a smouldering poet, actor and photographer from Dubai, United Arab Emir-ates, has sparked a frenzy after dropping hint that he is one of the three Emirate men ejected from a festival in Saudi Arabia and de-ported because they were “too handsome.”

Reports said the unusual incident which took place last Sunday, April 21, arose out of the fear of Saudi au-thorities that Saudi women could find the men too ir-resistible.

The identity of the men forcibly removed from the Jenadrivah Heritage & Culture Festival in Riyadh was not disclosed but at-tention turned in Omar’s direction when he shared a story on the incident on his Facebook page.

This has sparked a mas-sive interest in Omar (shown in photo) from people all over the world. When News Express checked Omar’s Facebook page around 14:30 GMT today it had 165,304, likes. But when News Express checked back in about 20 minutes’ time, it had jumped to 169,098 likes,

representing additional 3,794 likes in so short a time.

Omar has however re-fused to confirm that he is one of the deported men, only preferring to heighten interest by posting more of his photos for the viewing delight of his fans, mainly ladies, some of whom have been inviting him to come to their countries because they appreciate hand-some men. Below is the story published by http://streamlux.blogspot.com which shared by Omar shared on his page:

Three Emirati men were ejected from a festival in Saudi Arabia as they were deemed “too handsome”, leading authorities to fear women could become at-tracted to them, it has been reported.

According to Arabic lan-guage Elaph newspaper, the UAE nationals were taking part in a heritage

event in the capital Riyadh on Sunday when they were thrown out by Saudi’s reli-gious police.

Saudi Arabia, a strictly conservative Sunni Mus-lim society, prohibits women from interacting with unrelated males.

“A festival official said the three Emiratis were taken out on the grounds they are too handsome and that the Commis-sion members feared fe-male visitors could fall for them,” the newspaper said.

Steps were then taken to return the three men to UAE capital Abu Dhabi, according to Elaph.

Earlier this week a video posted on YouTube ap-peared to show a Saudi religious cleric interrupt-ing a traditional dance being performed by Emi-rati men at an event in the Gulf kingdom. After remonstrating with the Emiratis, he is then shown being escorted away from the scene by members of the Saudi Arabia national guard.

It is not clear whether the two incidents are related.

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African nations have backed a request by Ke-nya for charges of crimes against humanity by its president to be referred back to the east African country, African Union documents show.

President Uhuru Ke-nyatta and his deputy, William Ruto, are both facing trial in the In-ternational Criminal Court (ICC), accused of masterminding ethnic bloodshed in post-elec-tion violence five years ago that killed more than 1,200 people. Both deny the charges.

One minister, who asked to remain anony-mous, told Reuters that the African Union spe-cifically avoided call-ing on the war crimes tribunal to drop its prosecution, but he ac-knowledged that the re-quest for a local process

amounted to the same thing.

The document seen by Reuters on Friday said: “(The Assembly) sup-ports and endorses the eastern Africa region’s request for a referral of the ICC investigations and prosecutions.”

The proposal, drafted after foreign ministers had debated the issue late on Thursday, now has to be voted on by heads of state, which diplomats say is typically a rubber-stamping exercise.

Kenya told the assem-bly that the ICC trials

risked destabilising east Africa’s biggest economy when it was undertaking reforms to avoid a repeat of the violence after the election in December 2007.

The African Union said that a referral of the cases would “allow for a national mechanism to investigate and pros-ecute the cases under a reformed judiciary ... to prevent the resumption of conflict and violence in Kenya.”

The ICC’s chief pros-ecutor, Fatou Bensouda, has previously said that she will not drop the cases. Many Africans feel that the continent is targeted by the ICC, making the court deeply unpopular across Africa. Kenyatta’s trial is due to begin in July.

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President uhuru Kenyatta



Africa gets giant hydro dam

Mandela Daughters Sue For Control of Fathers Money

Brazil announce Africa debt cancellation

Iran to build 6 oil refineries in Africa

First Gay marriage to take place despite fears of violence

Africa loses billions to conflictWork on the world’s big-

gest hydroelectric dam will start in October 2015 in the Democratic Republic of Congo, a statement said in Paris after talks between DR Congo and interna-tional officials.

The meeting on the pro-posed Inga dam on the Congo river also involved multilateral lending insti-tutions. A statement re-leased said the “foundation stone will be laid in Octo-ber 2015.”

“With a production of 40,000 megawatts, the Grand Inga project will eventually provide electric-ity to half the African con-tinent,” it said.

This is less than half of the DR Congo’s total hy-

dropower resources, which the World Bank estimates at 100,000 megawatts.

World Bank estimates suggest that if completed and running at full ca-pacity, the complex could provide energy to up to 500 million African house-holds.

The first phase of the project, Inga 3 Basse Chute, will have a capacity of 4,800 megawatts.

The Paris meeting follows a deal signed on May 7 be-tween South Africa and DR Congo for cooperation in the energy sector and for South Africa to buy some of the electricity produced.

Plants would need to be rehabilitated and massive new stations built on the

powerful Inga falls, which lie in a narrow strip of DR Congo territory through which the Congo River runs down to the Atlantic coast.

Three consortiums are bidding to clinch the con-tract for the project: China’s Sinohydro and Three Gorg-es Corporation; Spain’s Ac-tividades de Construccion y Servicios (ACS), Euro-finsa and AEE; and South Korean firms Daewoo and Posco with SNC Lavalin of Canada.

Three Gorges Dam in China is currently the world’s largest hydropower complex, with a capacity of 22,500 megawatts.

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Harare – Africa loses US$18 billion annually through armed conflicts, Zimbabwe’s President Rob-ert Mugabe has said.

Opening the 10th Com-mittee of Intelligence and Security Services of Africa (CISSA) in Harare, Presi-dent Mugabe said the con-tinent should concentrate on adding value to its re-sources.

“If we arrest the scourge of conflicts, a bright future for Africa becomes a real-ity as the necessary tran-quil environment for Africa will obtain. Consequently, Africa will be fully capable of exploiting her own re-sources for developmental purposes.

“Estimations are that Af-rica loses US$18 billion per annum through conflicts.

“The continent loses even more if we factor in re-sources siphoned out from us by our erstwhile colonis-ers during times of military conflict, as well as the loss of human capital as our skilled manpower is some-times constrained to seek seemingly greener pastures

abroad,” President Mugabe said.

He urged Africans to unite in resolving domestic problems without outside interference.

“Fellow Africans, the time for us to demonstrate a will of common purpose, if the battle against the evils of foreign intervention and its attendant latter-day scram-ble for Africa is to be won, is now. Allow me, therefore, to cast the gauntlet before you all.

“The time has come for Africa to accept primary re-sponsibility and behave in a manner that should exclude the requirement for others to intervene in our affairs. This is the time we should take responsibility for our omissions and remedy the mistakes, which we would have made.

“This sense of account-

ability should be the ulti-mate phase towards Africa’s self-interpretation in the broad trajectory of charting our Pan-African destiny.”

He said past interventions by foreigners in Africa saw deployment of stealth pred-ator drones, which not only gather military intelligence but also conduct geological surveys targeting the conti-nent’s resources.

President Mugabe urged Africa’s intelligence and se-curity services to acquire the necessary tools for early detection of possible con-flicts and mechanisms to stop them.

He said Western intel-ligence services had policy documents outlining future interventions in Africa.

“As CISSA similar policy guidelines need to be craft-ed and driven by the intel-ligence community in your annual, intermediate and long term assessments and in projections of the destiny of Africa, even up to the next 50 years.”

He commended Af-rica’s security services for

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The battle on who should own the Nelson Mandela brand has intensified as two of the former South African president’s daughters, Zenani and Makaziwe, sue their fa-ther for the rights to his art-works and control of his mil-lions.

According to a newspaper report, the two sisters intend to fight an April 2004 Johan-nesburg High Court order which gave Mandela the right to instruct Ismail Ayob, his then lawyer, to stop manag-ing his financial, personal and legal affairs.

The court order barred Ayob from selling any of Mandela’s artworks.

The legal wrangle has raised concerns and some analysts

have called the sisters’ action “unAfrican”.

“It has very negative impli-cations for the name of Nel-son Mandela because he’s not only a father to the daughters that are taking him to court, he is a global icon. The mes-sage it sends out the world is that the legacy of Nelson Mandela is being rubbished while he is still alive,” said Prince Mashele.

Mandela’s current lawyer, Bally Chuene has filed an affi-davit in response to a lawsuit brought by the sisters, who are represented by Ayob. The story headlines have upset many Johannesburg residents who have called the court ac-tion selfish and said it’s moti-vated by greed.

In another court battle the two sisters are trying

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TEHRAN - Iran will es-tablish six oil refineries in Africa, the chairman of the union of Iranian export-ers of oil derivatives an-nounced on Sunday.

Memorandums of under-standing have been signed with six African countries and preliminary measures have been taken for find-ing appropriate places to

establish the refineries, the Mehr News Agency quoted Hassan Khosrojerdi as say-ing.

The refineries are pro-jected to have 20,000 bar-rels per day of capacity, he added.

In March, the Fars news agency quoted an informed source as saying that Iran has come to terms with Al-

geria, Angola, and South Africa to build small refin-eries in these countries.

Iran has also been hold-ing talks with Pakistan to establish refineries in the country, the source said, adding the two sides will hopefully ink a deal in the near future.

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PARIS - According to Paris Reuters, the first gay marriage in France will take place in Montpelier in the wake of unrest in Paris following the new French law legitimizing same sex marriage.

The recent decision to le-gitimize gay marriage has led to deep divisions of opinion in predominately Catholic France.

Vincent Autin and his partner Bruno Boileau will tie the knot in a ceremony which will attract the at-tention of protesters and the media. The couple’s marriage vows have been honed down to a simple: “Do you take this man as

your spouse?” At least two French cabinet members will be attending alongside guests which include 130 accredited journalists ac-cording to France 24.

“It could be intimidating,” Boileau said. “But we will try to retain the spirit of the goal - equality for all. That Mister or Miss Anybody can get married in the town hall.”

The Mayor of Monpe-lier, Helene Mandroux, said that she did not want a media circus. Mandroux told Guardian sources that “This moment should be a moment that is respectful of the event.”

The local administration

has banned festivities im-mediately outside the wed-ding venue to avoid clashes between guests and angry protesters.

During the controver-sial gay marriage bill vote, Herve Mariton, a member of the opposition UMP party, told lawmakers that they were “adding a crisis to a crisis.” He warned that they were stirring up ten-sions and lighting the fuse of homophobia.”

The debate in the run up to the passing of the French gay marriage law, was blamed for a series of attacks on members of the gay community.

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Some 12 African countries will benefit from a $900 mil-lion debt cancellation by Brazil as the world’s seventh largest economy renews its commitment to Africa for the next few decades.

The announcement was made recently in the Ethio-pian capital, Addis Ababa, where a Brazilian delegation was led by President Dilma Roussef to attend the 50 an-niversary of the establish-ment of the Organization of African Unity which in recent years has been transformed into the African Union.

“Almost all the aid will be cancelled. Maintaining a spe-cial relationship with Africa is strategic for Brazil’s foreign policy” Thomas Traumann, Ms Rousseff ’s spokesman

told journalists at a news con-ference on the sidelines of the AU golden jubilee in Addis Ababa.

According to him, the bulk of the debt in question had been accumulated more than forty years ago and was subjected to some earlier re-negotiations.

He also indicated that the debt restructuring exer-cise regarding Africa’s debt would favour the introduc-tion of better interest rates and longer repayment terms.

Congo-Brazzaville are Brazil’s biggest debtors owing the Latin American country $352m, followed by Tanzania ($237m) and zambia ($113.4m).

The three countries were named among the 12 Afri-

can countries with strong economic links to Brazil to benefit from the debt can-cellation and restructuring.

The other countries to benefit immediately from the initiative are ghana, guinea Bissau, gabon, Ivo-ry Coast, Senegal, Sudan, Mauritania, Sao Tome and Principe and the Demo-cratic Republic of Congo.

In recent years Brazil has been expanding its eco-nomic involvement in Af-rican countries as part of its South-South coopera-tion with the continent with trade between the two blocs picking up from $5bn in 2000 to $26.5bn twelve years later.

Source: en.starafrica.com



ENTERTaINmENT NEWS

My marriage will not stop me from acting,

Kannywood star, Sadiq Sani, says

Actress Genevieve Nnaji Relocates Parents To Lekki From Egbeda

Meet One Of The Strongest Couples In The World

I’ll Like To Change My Tribe From Igbo To Yoruba – Nollywood Actor, Larry Koldsweat

Ali Nuhu becomes Samsung Ambassador

Mohammed Lere

The stylish new entry to the Kannywood movie in-dustry, Sadiq Sani Sadiq, got married to Murja Sh-ema, the younger sister of the Governor of Katsina State, Shehu Shema.

The three-week we dding ceremony which stated on March 2 was extravagant witnessing a football and a polo match. The entire members of the Kannywood industry stool still for the event. At the wedding fatiha (cere-mony), the brother of the bride and Governor of Katsina State, Shehu Sh-ema, prayed for the bride and groom and wished them a happy married life.

The groom, popularly called Dan Marayan Zaki, a role he played in what is at the moment the most

expensive movie ever produced in the Kanny-wood, said his marriage will not stop him from acting.

“My wife likes what I am doing; and she is not complaining,” he told PREMIUM TIMES.

The actor told his fans to expect a lot more from him.

Sadiq, who came to limelight recently, got the lead role in movies like the Danmarayan Zaki, a film that featured Kan-nywood big actors and actresses.

He also featured in one of the best selling mov-ies of Kannywood, Wani Gari. According to a movie marketer, Wani Gari is the Hausa movie with the highest number of sales in a long while.

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Sadiq Sani married the younger sister of governor Shema of Katsina

In another big achieve-ment for Kannywood actor, Ali Nuhu, Sam-sung Mobile Nigeria has just signed a one year endorsement deal with him. With the signing, Ali Nuhu will be the first Kannywood celebrity to sign such a deal with Samsung.

Nuhu, who is the cur-rent Hausa Actor of the Year at the BON Awards, is currently an ambassa-dor of Glo Mobile.

Speaking to PREMI-UM TIMES, Ali Nuhu said he is in the Kanny-wood industry not just to produce, act and di-

rect movies, but to also take the industry to the next generation in con-tent, quality of produc-tion and meeting the required international standard in movie pro-duction.

The popular Kannywood ac-tor is the hausa movie actor

of the year

Nollwood Star actress, Genevieve Nnaji is repaying her parents for their support and training. She has just moved them from Egbeda, a Lagos suburb to highbrow and upscale Lekki, Lagos.

Both parents are in late 60s and 70s respectively, according to sources close to the family; they were full of excitement about the move. Genevieve, according to the source had in recent time found it challenging to check on her parents due to distance, besides, she felt

her dad who could hardly walk due to old age on his own would be closer to her and receive adequate medi-cal care. On few occasions that she has visited, fans, especially boisterous school children had swarmed her.

Since the relocation, her mum, who has been a very active member and President of the Catholic Women’s Association Wing of the St. Louis Cathedral, Egbeda, has not been regu-lar in the church though a family source said she has

completed her tenure as the President and a fresh election brought in a new President. The mother now attends a church close to their Lekki home. The fam-ily now lives together as one and that really makes Gen-evieve happy.”

Until the movement the family has stayed the bet-ter part of their lives in Eg-beda. Checks revealed that Genevieve actually started her career from 11, Olug-bede Street, Egbeda, where she lived with her parents

in one of the apartments in a four block of flats. As soon as she started having a rising profile, earned fat-ter cheques, and endorse-ments, she moved them to another place also in Egbe-da six years ago. When her fame grew bigger, she relo-cated them to another spa-cious and expansive apart-ment, situated in a block of nine flats in 7/9 Aderibigbe Sokunbi Street, Egbeda.

Source: www.informa-tionng.com

You won’t find them on the cover of Us Weekly but engaged couple and extreme bodybuilders Don Akim and Rosanna Beckett are the It couple of the muscle world.

The couple, who lives in Lowestoft, Suffolk, have been dating for almost nine years since they met at a nightclub, but only been seriously body building for four months. In that time, they’ve won a total of three trophies at the Miami Pro World Champions held in April in Hertfordshire, Eng-land, beating out more than 200 contestants. They’re the first couple to win world championship honors at the same bodybuilding event—Don won two awards for male Muscle Model class and the male Fitness Model category and Rosanna won for Ms. Bikini tall class B category.

“Although we’ve always been into fitness, we didn’t look like this when we met,” Akim told Yahoo! Shine. “We only started re-ally training when we en-tered the world champions.” Beckett stumbledacross the competition one day when she was looking online for a new “bikini body” diet.

Upon seeing the contestants’ toned bodies, she spontane-ously entered herself and her fiance.

When the couple aren’t busy with their day jobs (Beckett, 33, is a dancer and Akim, 43, is a seaman) they’re putting in time at the time, working out 5-6

times per week. During each workout, which lasts 3 hours, they tackle a differ-ent body part. Beckett told Yahoo! Shine: “For example, one day, we work on our legs for two hours straight and then spend the last hour do-ing cardio such as running, rowing, and lots of interval

training.”And all that exercise re-

quires a hefty diet of five or six high-protein, low-carb meals per day. “For break-fast we eat oatmeal with a banana and a scoop of pro-tein powder, or an oat bis-cuit with peanut b*tter. A few hours later, we’ll cook a large batch of salmon, steamed vegetables, brown rice, and sweet potatoes. We eat half and save the other portion for a second lunch later. Dinner is similar but we’ll substitute skinless chicken for fish.” Save for a few scoops of Haagen Daz ice cream when they’re not training, dessert is off-limits and the two motivate each other to stay on course.

Beckett and Akim also keep their 5-year-old daugh-ter active by making sure she gets enough play time out-side and Akim even assigns her spotter duties by having her sit on his back while he does push-ups.

Would the couple be con-tent if one of them went soft? “Of course I would still find him attractive if he wasn’t big and strong,” says Beckett. “But those muscles are sexy.”

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He has made so much impact in Nollywood to the extent that some of the stars the industry is proud of today have his touch in their lives.

The Igbo born actor who has turned a pastor has re-vealed in an interview that he’s if he had the opportu-nity of coming back to this world again, he would still be an actor and a pastor but he would love to be a

Yoruba man by birth and inclination.

Hear him, “If I have to come back to this world, I will be an actor again, I will be pastor and I will be a Nigerian again but I’ll like to change my tribe, I will like to be a Yoruba man (laughs). Reasons are, Yoruba people are very receptive; they are the only people that can give you a land irrespec-

tive of your tribe. They have a large heart.

This is my 40th year in Yo-rubaland and god made me what I am today in

Yoruba land. I am a La-gosian take it or leave it. This is where my children can call their home, this is where we met god; this is where I made my dream and it is where I met my wife.”

I think this is a good one for the Yorubas, in fact, La-gos State should be proud to have this kind of com-mendation from an Igbo man

Larry Koldsweat



in the boy’s quarters,” I suggested. I knew Anthony would eventually agree be-cause he loves me so much and would do anything that would make me happy even though we have been married for almost 10 years without a child. Despite all the pressure from his mother he neither thought of marrying another wife nor chasing me away from our matrimonial home.

Anyway, I succeeded in convincing him and he agreed that she would stay in the boy’s quarters. On the morning of the third day which coincidentally was a Saturday, Pastor Em-manuel came to visit us at home believing that we would have made up our mind. “Welcome pastor, we wanted to come and see you later in the day but since you are already here, we will just give you our an-swer,” said Anthony. “Well, pastor sister Patience can stay with us, however, she will stay at the boy’s quar-ters,” he stressed. “O thank you brother Anthony, I know I can always count on you and your wife. I will inform her immediately. But when she can move in?” he asked. “Whenever she likes,” I answered. He thanked us and happily left.

The next day, sister Pa-tience showed up at our house and I took her to the boy’s quarters. “This is where you will be stay-ing. You are welcome and

please my dear I want you to feel at home,” I said. “Thank you sister Jasmine, I really appreci-ate this kind gesture from you and your husband,” she stated. I became chal-lenged as a Christian when I hear sister Patience pray-ing every night, especially between 12 and 2:00 am. Then at exactly 6:00 am again, you would hear her praising God and praying for at least another hour or thereabout. I felt that was the kind of Christian I should be. I felt I was not praying enough about our childless situation and so I decided that I would be a good friend with her so that we could be praying together concerning my childlessness. If possible hold vigils together at least twice a week if necessary.

As weeks went by, I told her I wanted us to be prayer partners and she accepted. She asked me what the matter was and advised that I open up so that she would know how best to handle the prayer. Since I felt she was a true born again, I told her cer-tain things about myself and my husband because I wanted quick result. We held prayers inside my sit-ting room once my hus-band leaves for the office because I am a full time house wife. I never al-lowed her go beyond my sitting room. However, a few months later, I took ill when Anthony travelled

so I pleaded with sister Patience to come and stay with me until he returned and she agreed.

For those four days, I no-ticed that I didn’t hear her praise God nor pray like she used to. Even when we scheduled to hold one hour vigil, she told me that she was too tired and I be-came a bit worried. Any-way when Anthony came back from his trip, I told him how helpful sister Pa-tience was in his absence and he thanked her.

About two weeks later, I realized that Anthony keeps going to the boys quarters to see sister Pa-tience and when I asked him, he said they were praying concerning ‘our situation’. “Anthony, if you want to pray concerning our situation, I should be there too and the prayer should be done in our apartment and not inside sister Patience’s room,” I emphasized. From that day, Anthony’s attitude towards me changed. She snaps at me at the slightest provocation, he calls me a witch who has eaten up all her children and advises that I become a true child of God like sister Patience. At this point, I knew that the devil had taken over my home and marriage.

When I confronted sister Patience about what was going on between her and my husband, she said she had no idea about what I was talking about. An-

thony started making our home uncomfortable for me; so one day, I asked him, “What has taken over your soul? You are no lon-ger the loving husband I married. Darling please tell me what my offence is and I will apologize to you,” I begged. “You are a barren woman and I need children so I have decided to take another wife,” he revealed. “Did you just say another wife? Who is this woman? Where is your faith? God is the giver of children,” I wept. He told me it was over as God has just revealed his God given wife to him.

I rushed to the church to inform the pastor Em-manuel and he told me he was sure I didn’t hear An-thony well hence he would follow me home to talk to him. To our shock, when Pastor Emmanuel and I got to our house, we saw ‘sister’ Patience sitting on my husband’s lap and they were both drinking whisky while the bible was on the chair.

“Sister Patience, what do you think you are doing with Brother Anthony? Is this how you intend to thank the woman who accepted into her house?

You should be ashamed of yourself,” Pastor Emma said. “I want you to go to your room, pack your things and leave my com-pound this minute,” I said.

“Well, sister Patience is not leaving this house, and my dear wife you are the one leaving. As we speak she is pregnant for me, something you could not do in almost 10 years. We are getting married at the registry in three days. As for you Pastor Emmanuel, thanks for making me meet my God giving wife. However, I don’t want to see you in my house again. Now both of you leave my house,” he screamed. “Well, my mission is ac-complished. My mission was to get a husband and I said to myself, the easiest place to achieve this was in the church. And thank God it worked. I only pre-tended to be born again so that I could win the heart of Pastor Emmanuel and some church members. My God, I am a good actress”, Patience revealed.

With teary eyes, I said, “Sister Patience, I accepted you into my house and you had the effrontery to destroy my marriage? I assure you that you will

never enjoy your marriage. Now you are all smiles but believe me tomorrow you will be all tears.”

Even Pastor Emmanuel shed tears because of the deception from ‘sister’ Pa-tience who he thought was a true child of God and he was trying to help. Since Anthony asked me to leave his house, I went to my bedroom, packed some of my belongings and im-portant documents and left for my brother’s house. A month later, I discov-ered that I was pregnant and nine months later, I gave birth to a bouncing baby boy. Meanwhile I heard that ‘sister’ Patience lost the pregnancy some months later.

Anthony and ‘sister’ Pa-tience I learnt live like cat and mouse at home and they are very unhappy. I always remember them in my prayers. I have moved on with my life and God has been so faithful to me. My son is my world and I don’t intend to remarry.

The only advice I have for readers is that it is good to help people but please you should be sensitive in your spirit because we have a lot of fake born again people in the house of God.


Nigeria, South Africa sign visa waiver, 8 other MoUs *As Jonathan tasks African leaders on economic emancipation

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by Leon Usigbe – Abuja

NIGERIA and South Af-rica have signed a Memo-randum of Understanding (MoU) to make it unneces-sary for nationals of both countries holding official or diplomatic passports to ac-quire visa before travelling to either country.

The MoU was signed on Tuesday between President Goodluck Jonathan and his host, President Jacob Zuma, during a closed door bilat-eral session between the two leaders in the South African president’s office in Cape Town.

Other MoU signed be-tween the two countries were on cooperation in le-gal field, oil and gas sector, power sector development, environment, defence co-operation, women develop-ment and empowerment, as

well as child development.There were also bilateral

agreements on geology, mining, mineral processing and metallurgy and fields of information and communi-cation technology.

The two leaders also agreed on the need for stronger co-operation in other sectors, including economic, social and political development on the African continent.

Speaking after the meet-ing, Zuma observed that Jonathan’s visit to South Af-rica had generated a lot of interest, excitement and op-timism among its citizens in view of the historic relations between the two leading economies in Africa.

“We have a duty to take this historic relationship fur-ther. Our two countries have already grown very warm bilateral relations structured through the bi-national commission that was offi-

cially inaugurated in 1999,” he said.

The South African presi-dent observed with delight that over 100 South African companies were already do-ing businesses in Nigeria with the biggest investment being in the telecommuni-cation sector.

He spoke of the plan for the country to expand into other areas such as engineer-ing, construction, banking, oil and the media, noting the need for both countries to promote people to peo-ple relationship, especially through tourism, which he said had generated huge for-eign direct investments for the country.

“Last year alone, South Africa received a total of 73,282 Nigerian tourists, which is an 13.8 per cent increase from 2011, con-tributing about 720 million Rands to the South African

economy within the period,” Zuma revealed.

In his remarks, Jonathan noted that the signing of nine bilateral agreements between the two countries was a major achievement that would enhance the critical role of Nigeria and South Africa in transform-ing the continent.

Meanwhile, President Jon-athan has stressed the need for African leaders to give the fullest possible attention to the economic emancipa-tion of their countries now that they have successfully liberated the continent from colonialism, racism and apartheid.

Addressing the South Af-rican Parliament during his state visit, the President advised the leaders make building strong economies and strengthening demo-cratic governance their top-most priority.

According to him, “On the 25th of this month, Af-rica will be celebrating the golden jubilee of the Orga-nization of African Unity, now the African Union. As we take stock of the achieve-ments of our continental organization, it is also ap-propriate that we reflect and decide where our continent should be in the next fifty years.

“That destination has to be a democratic and united Africa that is at peace with itself and can compete with the rest of the world,” Jona-than said.

The president noted that Africa has emerged as the new frontier for trade and investment in the world, added that African leaders must rise to the challenge of managing the new opportu-nities presented by this situ-ation for the benefit of their peoples and countries.

Furthermore, he said: “There is certainly a lot more that we can do. We must work together to put an end to the exploitation and exploration of Africa’s resources for export with-out any value added; African countries must transform from being primary sources of raw material into produc-ers to create jobs and oppor-tunities for our people.

“We must check the loss of Africa’s trained man-power to already developed countries. We must work together, to promote trade and investment among our countries and build trans-national infrastructure in such critical sectors as trade, telecommunications, and transportation in order to fast-track the process of people-centred, continental integration.

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RELIGION

The nature of a leader

Ghanaian police directs Synagogue Church to relocate

Femi Awodele

As the early church grew, the Apostles as they were now called (was called dis-ciples), responded to the complaint of the Hellenis-tic Jews (those who believe in bringing Jewish tradi-tion into Christianity) that were among them, by ap-pointing seven deacons. There were only three cri-teria set by the apostles for the appointment of these men, 1), Good Reputation (older manuscripts didn’t include “good reputa-tion”), 2), full of the Holy Spirt and 3), full of Wis-dom. I’ve chosen to call these three things Primary Attributes of Leadership.

Leadership in the con-text of this article is not limited to God ordained positions such as the man (leader in the home) or apostles/pastors (leaders in the church institution) or government positions, it includes anyone who leads another, the mother who leads the children, the older sibling who leads the younger siblings, the teacher who leads his/her classroom, the senior jani-tor who leads the team that cleans the wrigley stadium or Madison square garden after sold out games etc.

Too many times, what we look for in a leader are the secondary attributes that might be good but never guarantee success. A good friend (Bro. Dave Raven-hill) would always say “in-tegrity would not let you stay where anointing takes you”. Many companies (sometimes even church-es) ignore the nature of the person, rather they focus on education, tacti-cal skills and outcome (at all cost). Today, we employ politicians who promises

us the most “stuff ” or who look like us, not one that has the most integrity, full of godly wisdom and has a good reputation. Many of our leaders in DC have ethics committee look-ing over their conducts (they’ve been in DC for decades) and some have family members in jail for corruption, we jail petty thieves but we re-elect those who are ruining are nation through self-enriching (corruption). Generals Petreaus and Al-len have been in the news lately not for their well-known military skills but their careers are ending based on integrity issues.

As the apostles (led by Peter) determined, the primary attributes we as leaders must must these attributes, be full of the Holy Spirit, be full of Wis-dom and be of good Repu-tation.

The Holy Spirit is a member of the Godhead and also a person, He is the God that now exist in our world and within us. The Holy Spirit is here to encourage, to rebuke, to lead and direct etc. How-ever, as readily as the Holy Spirit is available in our world, He cannot deal-with nor dwelt-in some-one who has not made Jesus Christ Lord and Savior, and simply by His nature He cannot dwell in anyone that has unrepen-tant sin (iniquity) in their lives.

When we humans have the Holy Spirit, we get to have His gifts and if we allow Him continuos reign in our lives then we bear fruit consistent with Him living inside us. The gifts of the Holy Spirit ac-cording to Apostle Paul in a letter to the church in Corinth are wisdom,

knowledge, healing, mi-raculous powers, prophe-cy, discernment, speaking in different tongues, and interpretation of tongues. The fruit (produced through us) of the Spirit is highlighted in another let-ter, this time to the church in Galatia, they are love, joy, peace, patience, kind-ness, goodness, faithful-ness, gentleness, and self-control.

There is no book that speaks more loudly on the influence of the Holy Spirit or allowing Him in our lives more than the book of Acts, it is amazing to read about the cowardly disciples who dispersed after Jesus was crucified, now stand as Apostles be-fore secular leaders pro-claiming Christ fearlessly after they’ve received the Holy Spirit. It is amaz-ing to see the Holy Spirit work through the apostles doing miracles and trans-forming lives.

Simply put wisdom is the application of knowledge, while knowledge and un-derstanding are informa-tion we seek or acquire in various settings. Wisdom could also be a gift of the Holy Spirit, this is the abil-ity to have unusual insight into issues more than most people around you, either as you seek information (strong desire to learn) or simply through the Holy Spirit indwelling you.

As a leader operating in wisdom (applying or obedient to Gods word) is very essential or very helpful, whether you want to or not, people look up to you, many would honor and hold on to your coun-sel more than their spous-es or even parents, many who don’t bother to check the bible for themselves would even quote your

The Ghanaian Police in Accra directed the Syna-gogue Church to stop hosting worship sessions at its Spintex Road church for security reasons.

The police ordered the church to relocate to a more convenient venue.

Accra Regional Police Commander, Mr Christian Yehonu, said in a state-

ment that the recent trag-edy in the church could have been avoided if the

church had been located at a bigger worship centre.

The News Agency of Ni-geria (NAN) recalls that a stampede that occurred at the church premises on Sunday May 19 led to the death of four persons while several others were injure.

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words, so your obedience to God’s written word and leading of the Holy Spirit is a must, whether in church, at home or your workplace.

As the early church grew, they did not have the bible like we do now, they relied more on the wisdom given by the Holy Spirit. The church in Antioch (Syria) was populated by gentiles accepting Christ as Mes-siah, and Hellenistic Jews were causing division in the church, to the point that Barnabas (Joseph of Cyprus) and Saul of Tar-sus, went to Jerusalem to seek the wisdom of the Apostles on the issue. To-day, we have the written word, and the wisdom of the Holy Spirit. The wis-dom God has placed in other Christians (that are written in books, articles, magazine etc.) are still in-valuable to us, but would never super-cede nor should contradict written words.

Some (older) manu-script do not have good reputation as an attribute giving by the apostles for who a deacon should be, regardless, it is absolutely impossible for someone to have the indwelling of the Holy Spirit and the wis-dom of God and not have good reputation.

Reputation is what peo-ple think of you based on your character over time. Reputation could be good or it could be bad, a per-son with a sterling reputa-tion could jeopardize that with a mistake, however, he/she could easily make amend and return to his/her true nature, at the same time someone with a bad reputation might do

something nice and peo-ple would be suspicious. It is very difficult for many of us to know what people think of us, except we ask (this is a reason to have people around you that will challenge you).

A true believer who is knowledgeable in the word of God and led by the Holy Spirit will always have good reputation, Daniel loved The Lord and would rather die than disobey the laws of God, his reputation among his peers in government was that he consistently prays. King David also has a rep-utation “keep your wife away from him” but he was also always very quick to repent and more im-portantly he has the repu-tation of a worshipper, worships The Lord with psalms and instruments. Joseph (Levite from Cy-prus) aka Barnabas has a reputation as an encour-ager, he is what we call an optimist today, always see-ing the bright side of every and anything.

We don’t really have to worry about our reputa-tion if we diligently seek and follow God’s written word and are led by the Holy Spirit. People who focus on their reputation often resort to human in-tellect or other shenani-gans to protect a public persona. In America’s politics, a lot of money is spent on demonizing the reputatior of the oppo-nent, they call it redefin-ing, while another chunk is spent protecting their own, even if the truth/re-ality stinks.

Any intelligent human can be trained in skills of leadership, and have ex-

perience that have honed his/her leadership skills, however, without this na-ture (full of the Holy Spirit and full of wisdom) it is a matter of time before that leader fails. King Solomon was the wisest man that ever lived (without Holy Spirit indwelling), yet with all his human wisdom and wealth, his disobedience nature separated him from God. President Bill Clin-ton ridiculed the office of the presidency because of his nature, General Pe-traeus just messed up an excellent 37 years military career with an adulterous affairs (his name was even mentioned as a potential presidential candidate), Bishop Eddie Long did the same thing to the body of Christ with infidelity.

As I wrap up this article, I want to appeal to lead-ers in the body of Christ, we have lost our influence as a church, the world no long listen to our God because we have compro-mised His Truth, because we do not live what we teach, our homes are in shambles because we ig-nore the same we teach and we have grieved the Holy Spirit in our personal lives, we only teach things that tickles people’s ears so they can keep coming back and the church ac-count is balanced, we have forgotten our first love and have fallen for the counsel of prophet Balaam to king Balak (see Rev.2:14). To-day is our day to return Christ back on the throne of first our lives and then let Him have His church and we move out of the way.

Remain Blessed



ISLamIC PERSPECTIVES

Bishop crisis: Mbaise radicals threaten to pull out of

Catholic Church

Biting a Syrian Soldier’s Heart: Islamic?

Muslim group condemns ban on hijab in Lagos schools, threatens

showdownRadical members of the

Catholic Church from Ahi-ara Mbaise Diocese have threatened to break away if they are pushed to the wall over their rejection of the Most Rev. Dr. Peter Ebere Okpaleke as the new Bish-op of the Diocese.

Okpaleke was conse-crated in Owerri, capital of Imo State, South-East Ni-geria, than in neighbouring Mbaise due to fears of pos-sible outbreak of violence in view of his rejection by the people.

While several Mbaise priests attended the event and even kissed his ring as a symbol of their loyalty, most of the priests and the laity remain adamant that he is not their Bishop. They say they prefer to stay with-out a Bishop for the ten years his tenure will last while the more radical ones are threatening severance of ties with Rome if the Vatican goes ahead to pun-ish the Diocese in any way as speculated.

“Ahiara Diocese will soon have her Bishop whether the Vatican likes it or not,”

said Robert Ogueri Un-egbu, one of those preach-ing no-compromise on the issue.

According to him, “There are several Catholic sects with their Popes, like the Coptic and Orthodox Catholic Churches around the world and all are rec-ognised within Christen-dom. Therefore, stripping Ahiara of her Diocese will strengthen her. Let them come on with it.”

Ben Okoro, a former Sem-inarian in the Vatican City, who holds the revered Car-dinal Arinze responsible for the crisis, claiming that he misled the Vatican to ap-point a man from his home

state Anambra as Bishop rather than an Mbaise man, spoke in a similar vein.

His words: “Some people in Nigeria and those who have not know much about Catholic Church do not know that Mbaise will not lose if the Diocese is taken away from them. There are other Catholics of Wash-ington DC (USA) that do not take orders from Vatican that will embrace Mbaise immediately and supply them with money and more to make Mbaise part of theirs. It is just a rumor that Mbaise will be stripped off their diocese. Mbaise Catholics are on the way to getting their Bishop.”

News Express learnt that in view of the people’s cur-rent mood, Bishop Ok-paleke will steer clear of the Diocese pending when the people’s anger runs its course.

Source: www.newsex-pressngr.com

ghanaian police directs Synagogue Church to re-locate

Ben Okoro

The Obafemi Awolowo University Muslim Grad-uates Association (UNI-FEMGA) has condemned the ban on the use of Hi-jab (headscarf) by Muslim female students in all La-gos Public schools, saying it would resist the policy.

In a statement signed by its National President, Prof. Wahab Egbewole and Abdur-Rahman Balo-gun, National Public Re-lations officer, the group said such ban was a breach of the fundamental rights of the students to practice their religion.

The Lagos state Govern-ment through its Com-missioner for Education, Mrs Olayinka Oladunjoye had on Tuesday in La-gos announced a ban on Hijab for Muslim female students in all its public schools.

Mrs Oladunjoye claimed that wearing Hijab would cause confusion and break down of the law.

UNIFEMGA insisted that hijab is part religious

obligation of a Muslim woman that cannot be de-tached from her work or studies.

The group said, “If, the Lagos state Government, or the Ministry knows that the affected students need to wear Hijab when they go for prayers or read Quran, why not for all times’’.

“It is unacceptable and laughable that wearing of Hijab will create con-fusion and break down of law as claimed by the commissioner during her press conference on Tues-day.

“We want to say cat-egorically that even in advanced democracies, this right is guaranteed to Muslim female students to dress in accordance with their faith’’.

“As a Muslim alumni body, that cut across the country and beyond, we have not heard of any state or public schools where wearing of Hijab causes confusion or led

to break down of law and order.

“It is actually an affront on our faith system to equate hijab with confu-sion or break down of law. It is also insulting to the collectivity of our faith to say that Muslims should send their daugh-ters to private school if they want them to wear hijab!

“It must be stressed that the public schools are maintained with our tax-es and we have a right to benefit from its use.

“We hereby register our protest that banning Hijab in Lagos public schools is against the Muslim fundamental hu-man right and we will not allow our fundamental right to be trampled upon with impunity.

“UNIFEMGA urge the Lagos State Government to reverse this unpopular and ungodly decision, in the interest of peace, uni-ty, harmony, equity and justice.”

As-salamu àlaykum. Some news reports, and a circulated video, show a Syr-ian opposition fighter as tak-ing a bite from the heart of a pro-Bashar dead soldier. Is it Islamic? What do you think about this issue?

ShaamWa àlaykum as-salamu

wa rahmatullahi wa bara-katuh.

In the Name of Allah, Most gracious, Most Merci-ful.

All praise and thanks are due to Allah, and peace and blessings be upon his Mes-senger.

Brother, thank you for your good question and apparent interest to know more about Islam and its teachings.

The reported horrible prac-tice of a fighter eating the heart of a pro-Bashar solider is an abhorrent, barbaric, and odd crime that goes against well-established values and ethics of Islam and all world conventions.

Responding to your ques-tion, Dr. Wael Shihab, PhD in Islamic Studies, Al-Azhar University, and the Head of

the Shariàh Dept. of On-islam.net website, stated, Thank you for your question.

Unfortunately, innocent and helpless people of Syria are still facing inhuman and brutal capital crimes at the hands of one of the most cor-rupt and oppressive leaders and regimes of the world. The Syrian dictator is se-verely and mercilessly attack-ing people’s lives, honor, and properties.

According to the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Hu-man Rights, more than 80 thousands of Syrian people have been killed since March 2011. It is, therefore, the duty of all world nations to de-fend the suffering Syrians by all possible legal means. The UN, the Arab League, the OIC, and responsible world organizations should carry out their well-established du-ties towards helpless Syrians and put an end to their un-imaginable suffering.

As for the circulated video, which is not authenticated yet according to the BBC report, that shows a man eating the heart of a dead solider, this is

nothing but barbarism and a war crime that is punishable in Islam and all world con-ventions. Islam never justifies aggression against people’s lives, honor, or properties. Even in war times, Muslims are not allowed to commit atrocities like rape, killing in-nocents, or mutilating dead bodies. In Islam, just wars are bound by a set of morals and values that maintain justice, human dinging, and honor. Allah Almighty says: {Fight in the cause of god those who fight you, but do not transgress limits for god loves not transgressors.} (Al-Baqarah 2: 190)

It is noteworthy that it has never been recorded along the course of Islamic his-tory that Muslims mutilated dead bodies of their en-emies. Moreover, the prin-ciple of reciprocity has well-established rules in Shariàh, whereby Muslims are forbid-den from embarking on such inhumane attitudes such as mutilating dead bodies and raping women. Below are the Prophet’s instructions to his chief commanders while

dispatching them to resist aggressions:

“Fight in the Cause of Al-lah. … Do not be aggres-sors. Do not be treacherous. Do not mutilate. Do not kill children or those (people) in convents.”

Given the above, it be-comes clear that mutilating dead bodies of the enemies is a punishable barbaric crime that could not be justified un-der any pretext. Even in war times, Muslims are bound by morals and ethics that main-tain justice and human dig-nity and prohibit aggression and mischief. The Qur’an unequivocally emphasizes, {The good deed and the evil deed are not alike. Repel the evil deed with one which is better, then lo! he, between whom and thee there was enmity (will become) as though he was a bosom friend.} (Fusslilat 41: 34).

May Allah accept your and our good deeds, ameen.

Consultant: Wael ShihabAllah Almighty knows

best.

Source:onislam.net

in trouble at school, ac-cording to research at Cornell University. Even if you don’t have a huge back yard, you can still create a little slice of nature. “Give kids a space of their own so they want to spend time out there,” says J’Nell Bryson, a landscape archi-tect in Charlotte, North Carolina. “It doesn’t have to be expensive or elabo-rate.” For example, set up a bird bath and feeders and flowering shrubs to attract birds and butterflies. It’ll be your family’s own little nature preserve. And if you don’t have a yard, take regular walks to a local park.

4. It Improves Social Skills

Kids in undirected play learn how to work in groups, share, negoti-ate and resolve conflicts, according to the AAP. An idea to encourage more outdoor time: Incorporate activities such as a scaven-ger hunt into social events, like your kid’s next birth-day party.

5. It Provides Vitamin D for Bone health

A recent study in Pediat-rics found that more than 6 million kids ages 1 to 11

are not getting enough vi-tamin D, which is essential to absorb calcium to build healthy bones. Vitamin D deficiency may also be a risk factor for developing other health issues later in life such as osteoporo-sis. Vitamin D is found in some foods, but the best way to get it is exposure to sunlight. To boost vitamin D production, kids should get 10 to 15 minutes of sunshine a few times a week, according to the NIH.

6. It Boosts the Immune System

Tell your kids to get their hands dirty -- it’s good for them. Playing in the dirt can get messy, but early exposure to microbes in dirt may have lasting anti-inflammatory effects that protect against dis-eases in adulthood such as heart disease. Encourage kids to help plant a garden or fragrant herbs such as rosemary and lavender. You can create a little gar-den even without access to a yard: “Containers and pots are a good alternative if you live in an apartment or don’t have a lot of space in your yard,” says Bryson.

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SPORTS

Nigeria Supporters Club to Acquire Private Aircraft

Jossy Lad, ex-Super Falcons coach diesGBENRO ADESINA/IBADAN

Oliseh Gets FIFA Job

Obafemi’s fifth highest earner in US soccer

EFCC Arrests NFF Vice-President for Money

Laundering

“We Want to Make Ronaldo the Best Paid Player in the World” –

Real Madrid President

Aderonke Ogunleye

The President of Nigeria Supporters Club said a private aircraft is needed to facilitate its numerous activities.

The Nigeria Supporters Club said it plans to acquire a private aircraft of its own to transports its members to sporting events across the world. The President of the Club, Rafiu Ladipo, told PREMIUM TIMES that the Club intends to acquire a private aircraft because of its busy schedule.

Mr. Ladipo said the club engages in numerous ac-tivities and recognizes that it is necessary and cheaper to purchase an aircraft.

“It’s time for us to get a

private aircraft, we want to see how much we can get in for the supporters club, we engage in so many activities and we need a lot of money to spend on our journeys; and we have to make many trips, so we need our own aircraft to cut cost,” he said.

As regards the financier(s) of the aircraft project, Mr. Ladipo said “we are talking to foreign companies that have these planes for lease. Don’t forget that most of the planes in Nigeria are on lease, they are not 100 per cent purchased”. The sup-porter’s boss said when the proposed aircraft is not be-ing used by the Supporters Club; it would be used for business.

He said the club makes about 30 trips in a year,

hence the aircraft will be free to generate revenue for the 300 days it will not be transporting club mem-bers. “We will use it for lo-cal flight business so that we can get money to main-tain the plane. We have just started consultations with foreign firms and we are still talking to them so we won’t mention their names for now, we will make sure it’s a brand new plane not an old plane and which will

be accepted by Nigerians for local shuttling,” he said.

Mr. Ladipo said that “monies made from the air-craft will be used to main-tain the aircraft and to pay the workers”. He said the Nigeria Sports Commission is not yet aware of its plan to buy a private aircraft.

“We will inform them about the development and the arrangement later,” Mr. Ladipo said.

The Nigeria Supporters club has become a promi-nent feature in Nigerian sports particularly foot-ball matches. For over three years they have been supported by Globacom, owned by billionaire busi-nessman, Mike Adenuga.

Premium Times

The President of the Club, Rafiu Ladipo

Obafemi Martins is the fifth highest paid player in Major League Soccer for the 2013 season, according to a players’ union release. He is also the highest ever paid player for Seattle Sounders with an annual basic salary of $1.6million.

Martins beat Fred-die Ljungberg record of $1.3million at Seattle Sounders as highest paid player ever in the club his-tory in 2009/2010 season.

According to a statement by MLS players’ union, Mar-tins is on the basic wage of $1.6million per season and earn guaranteed compensa-tion fee of $1.725million.

Robbie Kaene of Los An-

geles Galaxy is the highest earner in MLS with $4mil-lion salary and $4.333mil-lion as his guaranteed com-pensation.

Second on the list is ex-Arsenal star Thierry

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Obafemi Martins

The Late Joseph Ladipo

Former Coach of Super Falcons, Mr. Joseph Ladipo, fondly called, Jossy Lad died on Thursday, May 23, 2013 in his residence at Kuole Area of Apata, Ibadan, capi-tal of Oyo State, southwest Nigeria.

Jossy Lad who died around 10:15am despite ef-forts by friends and fam-ily to save his life had been battling with a heart related illness.

P.M.NEWS gathered that the late coach was dis-charged from the Southwest Ward 3 of the University College Hospital (UCH) on

Friday, 3 May after assur-ances from the Chief Medi-cal Director (CMD), Profes-sor Temitope Alonge that hi s condition had improved. However, according to his son, Wale, he suffered a re-lapse and was to be flown abroad for proper medical attention but for financial constraints.

Sources told P.M.NEWS

that his body was taken to the mortuary in an am-bulance provided by the Southwest zone of the Na-tional Sports Commission.

Reacting to his death, Chairman, 3SC, Toyin Akin-tunde, who was in Abuja for a meeting of NPFL Club managers with League Man-agement Committee said on telephone that Jossy Lad’s death was shocking. “There is virtually nothing we can do when God says the time has come. We tried our best but our dad has gone to rest with the Lord. May God grant his family the forti-tude to bear the irreparable loss,” he added.

Also, Chairman Ibadan Football Association IFA, and Lad’s close associate, Alhaji Banji Akintayo, who also witnessed his last mo-ments said: “he lived a ful-filled life, as a footballer, a coach and an administrator. He distinguished himself in his career and left promis-ing children behind. So we cannot but thank God for his life.”

Also his erstwhile team-mate, Niyi Akande said: “I have lost a great teammate, colleague and good friend. I feel so sad and short of words.”

PM NEWS

Mr. Joseph Ladipo

By Taiwo Adelu

Former Super Eagles of Nigeria’s captain, Sunday Oliseh, has been appointed into the FIFA Technical Study Group.

Oliseh broke the news of his appointment by the world soccer governing body on social media net-working website, Twitter on Saturday, May 25, 2013.

The ex-Super Eagles’ captain wrote via his Twit-ter account: “BREAKING NEWS: F.I.F.A (Federa-tion International de Foot-ball Federation) Appoints

Oliseh…am honored!The former Ajax Amster-

dam man is however “flat-tered” by his appointment into the FIFA Technical

Study Group.“It is with great honour

that I share with you my appointment by the world’s football governing body,

FIFA as a member of its Technical Study Group amongst other functions.

“I am flattered to be a part of this football family and I believe that this is a blessed period not only for me per-sonally but for my beloved nation, Nigeria!” Oliseh, a Super Sport Soccer Analyst further stated on his official website, www.sundayo-liseh.tv.

Oliseh holds a UEFA Pro Licence in coaching and made more than 60 appear-ances for Nigeria between 1993 and 2002

PM NEWS

Oliseh with FIFA boss, Blatter

By Phillip Eta

The vice-president of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Mike Umeh, has been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Com-mission (EFCC), for money laundering and misappro-priation of public funds, for which former Governor At-tahiru Bafarawa of Sokoto State is standing trial.

Umeh was picked up re-cently in Lagos, following

a warrant by a Sokoto State High Court and has since appeared before Justice Bello Abass.

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Real Madrid President, Flo-rentino Perez, has declared that the club is ready to make Cris-tiano Ronaldo the best paid player in the world, in a bid to keep the Portuguese superstar.

The former Manchester Unit-ed forward, has been linked with a return to Old Trafford and Paris Saint-Germain, but Perez doesn’t want Ronaldo to leave along with compatriot Jose Mourinho this summer.

“I would like Cristiano Ron-aldo to be the best-paid player in the world. We’re going to do everything at our hand to make him happy,” he said.

Ronaldo has scored 146 times in 135 appearances, since

he moved to Spain in 2009.Speaking about Mourinho’s

departure, Perez insisted that despite all the speculation, there was no dressing room unrest.

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coming up with pro-grammes such as the Con-tinental and Regional Early Warning System, the AU Border Programme, and the AU Policy Framework on Post-Conflict Recon-struction and Development among others.

Ambassador Ramtane La-mamra, who was standing in for AU Chair Dr Nko-sazana Dhlamini-Zuma, bemoaned Africa’s failure to intervene in the Mali conflict resulting in France sending troops to the North African country.

He also reiterated Africa’s sovereignty over its resourc-es.

“The inter-relation be-tween natural resources, de-

velopment and security has manifested itself in many ways.

“Sovereignty over our nat-ural resources is an inalien-able right of our nations and must be harnessed for the development of our nations. It is a fact that if the resourc-es are properly harnessed Africa can be a leading con-tinent in the 21st century,” Ambassador Lamamra said.

Also present at the con-ference were representatives from China, Italy, Portugal and the United Arab Emir-ates.

The CISSA conference ran under the theme “The nex-us between Africa’s natural resources, development and security”.

to push Mandela’s long time friend and advocate, George Bizos and other advisors out of companies connected to Mandela.

Makaziwe Mandela and Zenani Mandela allege amongst other things that Bizos and other associates were not appointed by the former president as major shareholders or directors, and have applied for a le-gal order to have them re-moved.

If the application is grant-ed, Makaziwe and Zenani will be the only two direc-tors of the companies set up to manage proceeds from the sale of his image.

Analyst Prince Mashele says the ongoing legal

wrangles will worsen when Nelson Mandela dies

“It’s very clear, they have already given out the sig-nal that when he (Nelson Mandela) is gone, they will fight over his estate, that’s the message that comes out of this. I mean, they have the audacity to fight over his estate while he is still alive, what more when he is gone,” asked Mashele.

Nelson Mandela is old and frail and has been ad-mitted to hospital three times in four months. The Nobel Peace Prize laureate, who became South Africa’s first black president in 1994 is a global symbol of toler-ance and the struggle for equality.

Interior Minister Manuel Valls warned of “zero toler-ance” for violence against homosexuals.

On French Mothering Sunday, only days before the marriage, over one hun-dred thousand Parisians took to the streets to march in protest at the French gov-ernment’s decision to pass the controversial law per-mitting gay marriage and adoption.

The largely peaceful pro-test became violent as night fell. Right wingers battled with riot police. Hundreds of protesters were arrested during the Paris demon-strations. Police used tear gas and pepper spray to disperse the angry mob that gathered in the historic Es-planade des Invalides in the 7th arrondissement.

The Guardian UK re-ported that during the night before the demonstration, 50 people were arrested after chaining themselves to metal barriers they had placed in the middle of the Champs Elysées. Smoke canisters were fired. Police

seized a van carrying masks, banners and smoke bombs.

It is believed that tensions in Paris increased follow-ing the suicide of 78-year-old French far-right activ-ist who committed suicide at Notre Dame cathedral by shooting himself in the mouth. The tragedy took place only three days after the law legalizing same-sex marriage came into effect. The Prime Minister, Jean-Marc Ayrault, attacked Popular Movement Union politicians for supporting the demonstration, warn-ing that they were taking “a heavy responsibility” in “sparking tension and radi-calisation”.

Christian Jacob, head of the Union for a Popular Movement, the French cen-tre right political party, at-tended the rally, said: “Even though the law has been voted in, it doesn’t mean we can’t contest it.”

Riot police will be stand-ing by at Montpelier Town Hall.

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the right thing is done under the worst circum-stance. We also have to control our emotion,” Kwankwaso noted.

The chairman of the Committee, Alhaji Kabiru Taminu Turaki, commend-ed Governor Kwankwaso for his efforts towards en-suring security of life and property in the state, even in the face of the insur-gency.

He said the Committee was in Kano in further-ance of its nation-wide consultation geared to-wards initiating dialogue for peacefully resolving the insurgency facing the country and the North in particular.

He listed the Commit-tee’s terms of reference to include constructively en-gaging the Boko Haram sect to dialogue, and in the process restore peace and stability in the country.

The Committee will also seek, within 60 days, a comprehensive and work-able framework that will ensure total disarmament.

Turaki observed that in Kano, “We have seen changes taking place as far as the insurgency and insecurity is concerned. Security has so much im-proved. We want to learn from you (Kwankwaso) how you have been able to do this.

“We are satisfied that Kano is well-secured. We also observe that the state government has rebuilt most of the structures that were affected. We thank you for the bold step you have taken to finding the root causes of the insur-gency, by empowering the youths. We have seen how you have been mak-ing bold steps to creating opportunities to youths to become self-reliant.”

He also promised that the recommendations of the committee will touch on serious issues that will put an end to the insur-gency, and solicited the cooperation of all stake-holders.

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another lady, Misan thought, noticing the lady’s hand on his. Fine, what he does is not my business. Let him just stay away from me - she thought as she joined the queue for food.

**********“I am a Christian -” An-

tonio was saying when he spotted Misan and some people. He stopped and looked at them as they walked toward the food counter.

Vivica was surprised that he stopped talking and looked in the direc-tion of his eyes and saw some Africans. “Do you know them?”

He brought his eyes back to her. “Oh I’m sor-ry. I - er - know one of them.”

“Oh well,” Vivica stood up immediately. “I must say it’s nice to meet you.” She said with a smile.

Antonio thought she looked relieved. He al-most smiled as he re-plied, “Same here.”

“Catch ya.” She said and left.

Antonio kept his eyes on Misan, watching her like a cat would watch its prey. He would wait until she finished eat-ing before going over. He opened his book and began to read, keeping an eye on her. Some few minutes after, he looked in her direction and saw

Misan and her friend walking toward the door. He was surprised. Didn’t they eat - he thought as he got up with the book in his hand and followed them. He met them at the lobby, waiting for the el-evator.

Misan looked at him briefly and looked away. This man is not serious, what’s his game?

“Hi.” He greeted Ruth with a smile, extending his hand. “I’m Antonio.”

Ruth took his hand. “I’m pleased to meet you. I’m Ruth.” She smiled at him.”

Then he greeted Misan.She answered coolly,

without looking at him. From the corner of her eyes, she could see Ruth watching them.

“I’d like to see you.” Antonio said. The words were softly spoken.

Misan’s eyes went to his earring. She had been fascinated by it before. It made him look rugged at that time but now … she thought it made him look irresponsible. Yet she had a child by him.

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the salvation of souls in-volved in bloodshed in-cluding the souls of the perpetrators of the das-tardly act as nobody, ac-cording to him, has the right to terminate life except God.

According to him, “Life is precious and nobody has right to take life except the eye of God. But today, vio-lence crime comes in a new form. It comes in the form of kidnapping, Boko Haram insurgency, thuggery and others. It is no more the issue of abortion as it has gone further to issue of kill-ing of people at early age. As I speak to you

now, 2 million children are killed in abortion in every 40 minutes and another 2 million are killed in violence of all sorts. So, it is a serious public health problem.”

Unveiling and bless-ing the cenotaph, the Catholic Bishop of Awka Diocese, Most Rev. Dr. Paulinus Ezeokafor, commended Prof. Ilika for his enthusiastic fight against violent crimes and abortion. He urged Christians, especially those who are in need, to always go to the ceno-taph for prayers.

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Henry, who earns $3.75million and a guar-anteed compensation for New York Red Bull striker is $4.35million.

Another New York Red Bull star Tim Cahill is next with an annual wage of $3.5million with guaran-teed compensation fee of

$3.625million.The fourth on the high-

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“Mike Umeh is an ac-complice in the case of money laundering and misappropriation of pub-lic funds to the tune of N15 billion ($94.8m),” EFCC spokesman Wilson Uwujaren told BBC Sport.

“It’s a case for which for-mer Governor Attahiru Bafarawa of Sokoto State is standing trial.”

The NFF has however refused to comment on the matter.

“The issue mentioned has nothing to do with the Nigeria Football Federa-tion (NFF),” NFF spokes-man Ademola Olajire said.

“It’s a very sensitive matter and the NFF can-not make a categorical statement at the moment. The NFF is aware of the position and is continuing to monitor its progress.”

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permanent stay in your husband’s life because the resonances of your words were hurting his being. You were making him feel worthless of himself and as a man he needed to as-sure himself that he was man enough to command the respect and loyalty of a woman.

Granted, he started with your money but over the years, he has invested his time, intellect to making that money a success. If it weren’t for his sound busi-ness mind and judgments, do you think, you would have been able to manage that inheritance you seem to pride more than any-thing else in your world? If it wasn’t his destiny to be successful, that money would have gone down the drain. What you only did was to give him an early start; he did the rest. If you hadn’t given him the mon-ey, someone else would have. God only used you to make His desires for your husband to come to early manifestation. If I were in

your shoes, I would discard any attempt at sharing out the property or leaving the home. To continue with this line of action is to say your 40 years together as a couple have been a com-plete waste. Deep down, isn’t this marriage worth saving despite what he has done to you?

The beauty of life is our ability to learn from our mistakes. At every level in life, we must make con-scious effort to do away with the mistakes of the past. There is nothing stop-ping you from enjoying your marriage by making conscious and positive at-tempts at correcting the mistakes of the past. Go-ing ahead with your deci-sion will further cause a disharmony between you and your children on one hand and your husband on the other hand. Take advantage of your chance meeting with your step son to mend the wounds your attitude and utterances have caused in your home. To do otherwise is to be-

come a very lonely woman in life. As it stands, your children already have their own families; ones if you stay longer than necessary would become uncomfort-able for you while your husband too has a wife and children to fill his space too. Your leaving the house will give him the freedom he needs to fully integrate his family into his life.

Old age gives us the op-portunity to count our losses; adjust our lives to accommodate the many imperfections of life. There is nothing love cannot for-give. Become the rallying point for your family. His other wife and children will never take your place if you are wise and know how to patch things up. Rather than fight him, en-courage discussion, this way you will know what went wrong as well as how to manage all the new chal-lenges without becoming the ultimate victim. By be-ing close to God, you make things easier for you to manage. Good luck.

Joint Tenancy and Tenan-cy-in-common

The rules regulating Joint Tenancies and Tenancies-in-common are common law rules which are not ap-plicable to customary law modes of inheritance.

Where no specific words of severance are used in de-volving a property, which words of severance indicate separate partitions or in-terest of the same property devolving to two or more beneficiaries, or to two or more people, the law as-sumes that a joint tenancy has been created with the result that the estate of any of the deceased co-owner cannot assume the place of the deceased in the enjoy-ment of such a property.

A Joint Tenancy is there-fore implied where there is a unity of title, unity of interest, unity of time, and unity of possession.

Tenancy-in-common:The presence of any of the

following words in a Will creates a Tenancy-in-com-mon: - “in equal shares”; “share and share alike”; “to be distributed between”; “to be distributed among them in joint and equal propor-tion”; “equally”; “among”; “respectively”.

In the case of Chinweze v.

Mazi (1989) 1 SC (part 11) 33 @ 46 for example, the Nigerian Supreme Court held that by operation of Law, Joint Tenancy leads to the doctrine of survivor-ship by which if one joint tenant dies without having obtained a separate share of the property for him or her-self, during his or her life time, his or her interest will not pass to his or her estate but such interest will accrue to the other surviving joint tenants. The Nigerian Su-preme Court also held that on the facts in this suit, the legal assignment it consid-ered did not contain words of severance and therefore, the half brothers to the 2nd Defendant’s sister could not take any benefit in the contested property due to the applicability of the rules of joint tenancy to the dis-puted property. The case of Sonekan v. Smith (1964) ANLR 161 is also recom-mended in the event that you intend to undertake further research on this subject.

ConclusionSubject to the provisions

of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nige-ria, 1999 the Approved List of Taxes Law is the most comprehensive and author-

itative legislation on the taxes that can be collected by each level of government – i.e. Federal, State or Local Government - in Nigeria.

Legal challenges on the taxing powers of the various tiers of government espe-cially with respect to which tier of the government has the taxiing authority to charge and collect value added tax (“VAT”), lottery and gaming fees licences, vehicle registration fees, etc are pending in some courts of law.

t is expected that the Su-preme Court decision in Attorney General of Ogun State v. Aberuagba & Ors (1997) 1 NRLR 51 on the taxing powers of the Fed-eral and State Government will be revisited and further clarity brought to the sub-ject matter in the light of this Law.

Enforcement of Section 2 of the Approved List of Tax-es Law, being the unlawful mounting of road blocks with or without the security agents of the government, need to be strictly enforced as are the other provisions of the Law in order for the level of tax compliance to increase appreciatively.

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So in the light of this, we came to realize why Islam lays much emphasis on the concept of mutual love between spouses; why the Glorious Qur’an made it clear that “It is he Who created you from a single person, and made his mate of like nature, in order that he might dwell with her (in love)

Dr. Muzammil h. Sid-diqi, former President of the Islamic Society of North America, clarifies this further by saying:

The relations between the spouses should be based on tranquility, love and mercy. Allah says, “And among his Signs is this, that he created for you mates from among yourselves, that you may dwell in tranquility with them, and he has put love and mercy between your (hearts): verily in that are Signs for those who reflect.” (al-Rum 30:21)

Tranquility (sukun), love (mawaddah) and mercy (rahmah): these are very important con-cepts in Islam. These three summarize the ide-als of Islamic marriage. It is the duty of the hus-band and wife to see that they are a source of com-fort and tranquility for each other. They should

do everything physically, emotionally and spiritu-ally to make each other feel happy and comfort-able. They must care for each other. They should not inflict any harm or injury, neither physically nor verbally, to each oth-er. In order to increase the tranquility and com-fort in their relations and in their home, they should love each other and should have mercy and kindness for each other.

Loving and merciful relationship is an impor-tant ingredient of a good marriage and good fam-ily life.

In Islamic marriage, neither the husband is allowed to demand his wife what is forbidden by Allah and what is harsh and unseemly, nor the wife is allowed to de-mand her husband to do anything that Allah has forbidden and what would put undue burden upon her husband. Sex is a natural urge and de-sire. Islam allows sexual intercourse only among the married couples. Fornication and adultery are forbidden in Islam. Since according to Islam there is no other permis-sible way for this desire to be fulfilled except be-tween the spouses, they must be considerate to each other.

The Shariàh has given us two important prin-ciples in this matter. (1) The first principle is that the husband should not deny himself to his wife and the wife also should not deny herself to her husband. They should do their best to satisfy their marriage partner. Even during the menses or post childbirth bleed-ing, when intercourse is forbidden, husband and wife can be together and can enjoy affection and intimacy in other ways.

(2) The second prin-ciple is that in their conjugal relations the couples should be kind and considerate. There are some Ahadith that report that the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, disapproved when he heard that some husbands approached coitus abruptly and make a crude departure at the end of the act. It is re-ported, for example, that the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “It is a rude man-ner of a man to proceed to have intercourse with his wife without first playing with her.” Or “It is a vice in a man to assault his unpre-pared wife, seeking to satisfy his own lust and leaving her before she could achieve her own fulfillment…” Imam al-

ghazali in his Ihya’ (vol. 2: 49-50) has mentioned these Ahadith. Most of the scholars of Hadith consider these Ahadith weak (daìf ) and we can-not say with surety that they are the statements of the Prophet -peace be upon him, they do, how-ever, contain some wis-dom and etiquette that are natural and Islamic.

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As for the husband’s right to sexual access and its conditions, Sheikh Ibn al-ùthaymin, the well-known Saudi schol-ar, adds,

It is obligatory upon the wife to respond to her husband if he calls her to his bed. Howev-er, if she is psychologi-cally ill and is not able to actively respond to his call or if she has a physical illness, then in such cases it is not al-lowed for the husband to call upon her. This is because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, “There is to be no harm done or reciprocation of harm.” He should either refrain or enjoy her company in

such a way that does not harm her.So, this indi-cates that there shouldn’t be anything called mari-tal rape in the Islamic marriage, i.e. marriage governed by the rules and teachings of Allah Almighty and the beau-tiful example set by the noble Prophet, Muham-mad, peace and blessings be upon him. Sexual re-lationship between hus-bands and wives should be based on mutual love and respect.

This point is stressed by the following fatwa, issued by the eminent Muslim scholar, Sheikh Muhammad Al-hanoo-ti, member of the North American Fiqh Council,

Intimacy should be a matter of etiquette and courtesy, not a matter of abstract desire. The Prophet, peace and bless-ings of Allah be upon him, as Àisha, may Al-lah be pleased with her narrates, used to have good foreplay and fon-dling and the like so that a spouse should be in the mood to have intimacy. What the Hadith means is that a wife should re-spond positively. Man should never jump to the

extent of forcing his wife, but she should show no arrogance or hatred or denial when it comes to her appreciation and respect of her husband. Her denial to intimacy usually should give a hint to the husband that she is not physically or emotionally ready for that.

The husband should be of good reason and un-derstand her situation. The husband should show almost the same re-sponse, and the same eti-quette, if the wife hints to desiring intimacy with him. However, he is less offensive than his wife if he doesn’t show a good response. In general, the Qur’an says, “They (wives) have as many rights as they are com-mitted to duties.” But a man should not be away from intimacy for any longer than four months, if the woman is in need of it.

Consultants:Ibn ÙthaymeenSheikh, Muhammad

Al-HanootiMuzammil Siddiqi

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