In kaduna, 102 killed, 215 injured, 50,000 houses burnt in Kaduna – CAN

The Christian Association of Nigeria on Wednesday said that over 102 villagers in Godogodo and Gidan Waya communities in Jema’a Local Government Area of Kaduna State had been killed by Fulani herdsmen in the last six months.

The organisation added that 50,000 houses were burnt in 25 Christian communities, while  215 people were injured in Kaduna State within six months by the herdsmen.

CAN also accused President Muhammadu Buhari and the Kaduna State Governor, Mallam Nasir el-Rufai, of not doing enough to curtail the massacre.

Speaking on Wednesday in Abuja while receiving the representatives of the 25 villages displaced by the crisis rocking Southern Kaduna, CAN President, Dr. Samson Ayokunle, said the killings amounted to ethnic and religious cleansing.

According to him, Christians in communities in Southern Kaduna have been facing the dangers of extinction and genocide because of the threats of attacks by Fulani herdsmen.

“Many of them can no longer live in their communities, 32 people were recently given mass burial. Whoever is killed, whether Christian or Muslim, deserve not to be killed in this country,” he said

Ayokunle wondered why El-Rufai who is the state chief security officer would visit the two communities only once despite the fact that many houses were burnt and three villages were taken over by the Fulani militants.

He said, “Is this not Boko Haram in another colour? I want to plead with the government, this is a moment of truth, it is not about politics, religion or ethnicity, it is about the value that is attached to life.

“To keep Nigeria as one is first the task of the government before it becomes the task of the citizens. Ethnic and religious cleansing should stop henceforth. Every systematic killing should stop.

“We know the President is trying but that is not enough. You have to do more to save these innocent lives. We are appealing to the Federal Government and Governor el-Rufai, the Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, to do their work and let us see result and not rhetoric. Killings in those communities have continued up till now. Let us not forget that an invitation to aggression depends on the degree of frustration.”

The Secretary of CAN, Godogodo Zone, Rev. Chawangon Nathan, said the problem which started on May 26, 2016 had degenerated due to nonchalant attitude of those in authority.

According to him, 25 villages in Southern Kaduna had been sacked by the Fulani herdsmen, whom he said, the media unfortunately described as unknown gunmen.

He added that despite knowing the culprits, the security operatives refused to arrest them.

Nathan said, “Over 102 people have so far been killed while about 215 sustained varying degrees of injuries. 50, 000 houses burnt in 25 villages, over 10, 000 displaced and over 30, 000 hectares of land destroyed deliberately by Fulani herdsmen within six months. The governor visited only one village once and the impact of that visit is not felt up till today. There is religious sentiment among the security operatives.”

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Ondo election - Jegede is now PDP candidate, says INEC

In a judgment lasting three tension-soaked hours, the Appeal Court, Abuja, resolved the controversy surrounding the governorship ticket of the Ondo Peoples Democratic Party in favour of Mr. Eyitayo Jegede, sending the PDP supporters in the 40-year-old state into wild jubilation.

The judgment delivered on Wednesday by the Justice Ibrahim Saulawa-led three-member panel lifted the pall of uncertainty hanging over the governorship ticket that had pitted business mogul, Jimoh Ibrahim, against a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Eyitayo Jegede.

In the landmark judgment, the Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja set aside the judgment of the Federal High Court in Abuja by which the Independent National Electoral Commission had declared Ibrahim the PDP’s governorship candidate for the November 26 election in Ondo State.

The three-man panel of the appeal court in a unanimous judgment, upheld the appeal by Jegede, who was earlier dropped by INEC and replaced with Ibrahim, as the governorship candidate of the party.

In a separate judgment delivered by the panel, the appeal court also upheld the appeal by a factional chairman of the party, Ahmed Makarfi, and the secretary of the faction, Ben Obi, against the judgment of the Federal High Court, recognising Biyi Poroye and eight others as state executive members of the party in their various states.

All the three Justices on the panel, Justice Saulawa, Justice George Mbaba and Ignatius Agube, agreed on the decisions reached on the two judgments.

Poroye and others who are backing Ibrahim as the governorship candidate of the party belong to the Ali Modu Sheriff faction of the PDP.

Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court, Abuja, had on June 29, 2016, delivered a judgment recognising Poroye and others as the authentic state executive members of the PDP in their various states.

Subsequently, the judge, in a post-judgment ruling delivered on October 14, 2016, ordered INEC to drop Jegede and substitute him with Ibrahim as the governorship candidate of the PDP in the election slated for Saturday.

Justice Saulawa, in setting aside the two decisions on Wednesday, described them as “highly misplaced and most fraudulent”.

He resolved all the seven issues formulated for determination in favour of Jegede, describing the failure of the judge to grant fair hearing to Jegede, who was not a party to the suit before the Federal High Court, as “violent attitudinal disposition to rule of law.”

He said the judge committed a “grave error by violating the principles of natural justice” which he said required all parties that could be affected by an order of court to be heard before judgment was delivered.

Another member of the panel, Justice George Mbaba, who read the lead judgment on Makarfi’s appeal, also described Justice Abang’s judgment, as a “charade and fraud”.

Justice Mbaba ruled, “The entire proceedings leading to the judgment delivered on June 29, 2016, were, in my view, a fraud and it was intended to defraud the appellants. It appeared to be arranged by the same people who paraded as the plaintiffs and the defendants.

“The first to ninth respondents (Poroye and others) did not have a proper course of action.”

He noted that Justice Abang was “a willing party to achieve an ignoble goal”.

The appeal court held that Justice Abang acted without jurisdiction when he made orders against those that were not parties before him.

The panel also faulted the order granted in favour of Ibrahim on the grounds that the governorship candidate of the Sheriff faction was never a party to the suit and the prayer asking that he be recognised as the governorship candidate was not sought by the plaintiffs.

Justice Saulawa held that Justice Abang contravened judicial principles by granting an order not sought by the party.

He said Justice Abang, having earlier in the main judgment delivered on June 29, ruled that the recognition he granted Poroye and others as state executive members of the party was with respect to the 2019 general election, the judge on his own, in his October 14, 2016 ruling, “targeted his orders at the November 26 governorship election”.

“The court mistook his robe for that of Father Christmas and was handing out orders like Christmas gifts,” Justice Saulawa ruled.

The appeal court also nullified the primary said to have been conducted by the Poroye-led state executive of the Sheriff faction of the party which produced Ibrahim as the governorship candidate of the party in the state.

The appeal court described the primary that produced Ibrahim as an “illegal contraption” with “no legal effect or equitable remedy”, adding that the only valid primary could be the one conducted by the National Working Committee of any political party.

The court also held that the provisions of section 287 on which the October 14 post-judgment ruling was based could not be applied for judgment enforcement as Justice Abang did, describing the proceedings as fraudulent.

The court also dismissed Exhibits B21, B23 and B24 relied on by Abang as inadmissible because they were not properly certified.

Justice Saulawa ruled, “Having come this far. Having resolved each and all the total number of seven issues in favour of the appellant, Mr. Eyitayo Jegede (SAN), what else should the court do?

“Against the background of the foregoing, there is no gainsaying the fact that the appeal is meritorious and it is hereby allowed.”

But the court said it could not make any “consequential order” because Jegede’s lawyer, Chief Wole Olanipekun (SAN), only prayed the court to allow the appeal and set aside the order of Justice Abang of the Federal High Court and nothing more.

Justice Saulawa explained that a court was not allowed to make an order not sought by parties, adding that Jegede’s prayer in his notice of appeal “is incongruous” with the prayers his lawyers asked the court to grant during hearing.

Justice Saulawa ruled, “The reliefs are incongruous and rather mutually exclusive. It is the law that the court does not grant the prayers not sought by parties.”

The Supreme Court had on Tuesday given the Justice Ibrahim Saulawa panel of the Court of Appeal in Abuja, which was handling the various cases relating to the dispute over the PDP governorship ticket in the forthcoming election in Ondo State, the nod to continue with its proceedings.

In two separate rulings,  the five-man panel of the  apex court led by the acting Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen, unanimously dismissed the motions asking for a stay of the appeal court’s proceedings and others seeking an order disbanding the Justice Saulawa panel.

The two categories of motions dismissed by the apex court on Tuesday were filed by nine applicants led by Poroye.

The apex court arrived at the decisions when 14 separate appeals relating to the dispute over the PDP’s governorship ticket for the forthcoming election in Ondo State came up for hearing on Tuesday.

Other members of the Supreme Court’s panel – Justices Tanko Muhammad, Kumai Akaahs, Kudirat Kekereekun and Ejembi Eko – all agreed with the lead rulings read by Justice Onnoghen.

I’ll get judgment at Supreme Court

–Ibrahim

 Jimoh Ibrahim has reacted to the judgment which ordered INEC to remove his name as the candidate of the PDP in Saturday’s governorship election in Ondo State.

Ibrahim said in a statement shortly after the judgment that he was sure of getting justice at the Supreme Court.

He said there was no way the incumbent Governor of Ondo State, Dr.  Olusegun Mimiko, would succeed himself by planting Jegede  as his successor.

His statement read in part, “I have read the decision of the Court of Appeal delivered today (Wednesday).  We have nothing to lose as the Supreme Court sits on the same case tomorrow. We shall get justice at the Supreme Court and if the PDP wins Saturday election, we shall have our four-year mandate to rule Ondo State.

Jubilation

No sooner had the judgment been delivered than wild jubilation broke out among Jegede’s loyalists in Akure.

 Hundreds of women stormed the INEC office at Alagbaka, in the state capital to jubilate the ruling.

 From Oyemekun Road to NEPA, Arakale, Alagbaka, Isikan, Oluwatuyi, Ijapo, Stadium Road, Hospital Road, Owode, Araromi, and Ilesa Garage areas, hundreds of jubilant supporters of Jegede trooped out singing and dancing.

 The supporters, who displayed posters and campaign banners of Jegede, sang and danced in front of the INEC office while the armed security operatives deployed there monitored them closely.

 Ibrahim’s party secretariat deserted

 The campaign secretariat of Ibrahim was deserted following the ruling by the appeal court.

Our correspondent, who visited the secretariat around 4pm observed that although few cars branded in the posters of Ibrahim were parked in the front of the campaign office, people inside the office were less than 20.

The secretariat of the Poroye-led executive of the PDP, which is some few metres away from Ibrahim’s campaign office, was also deserted.

Poroye, however, said he was confident that the Supreme Court would rule in favour of Ibrahim and the PDP would be the eventual winner of the poll.

 Jegede is now PDP candidate –INEC

Meanwhile, INEC has declared Jegede as the candidate of the PDP for the election coming up on Saturday.

The commission said it took the decision following the judgment of the Court of Appeal, Abuja Division, which ordered it to remove the name of Ibrahim as the PDP candidate.

The Secretary to the Commission, Mrs. Agusta Okagwu, made the position of the commission known in a statement issued in Abuja on Wednesday night.

She said, “In compliance with the judgment delivered today, Wednesday, November 23, 2016, by the Court of Appeal, Abuja Division, the Independent National Electoral Commission hereby declares that Mr. Eyltatyo legede (SAN) is now the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party  for the Ondo State governorship election scheduled for Saturday, November 26, 2016.

“lt will he recalled that in compliance with the order given by the Federal High Court, Abuja Division, on Friday,  October 14,  2016 (re-affirmed on October 27,  2016), the commission named Mr. Jimoh lbrahim as the PDP candidate for the governorship election.

“However, with today‘s judgment by the Court of Appeal, the commission, hereby, recognises  Mr. Jegede as the candidate of the PDP for the said election.’’

Demand for postponement

The Ondo State Commissioner for Information, Kayode Akinmade, has called on INEC to provide a level playing field to all the candidates participating in the governorship election.

According to him, this would give the PDP governorship candidate, Jegede, the opportunity to prepare the names of his agents in all the polling units ahead of the election.

Akinmade said the remaining two days were not enough for the governorship candidate to prepare for the election.

He said, “It is only fair that INEC shifts election by 14 days so that Jegede could have enough time to prepare his agents’ list. If the Edo State governorship election was postponed, I see no reason why the Ondo State election cannot be postponed so as to ensure fair play.”

The state women leader of the PDP, Mrs. Easter Ebiwonjumi, who spoke to our correspondent, stated that women in the state were happy about the court’s order in favour of Jegede, adding, however, that there was the need for INEC to postpone the election.

Mimiko reacts

The Governor of Ondo State, Dr. Olusegun Mimiko, has described the emergence of Jegede as a victory over judicial rascality.

Mimiko, who arrived in Akure on Wednesday night from Abuja, said President Muhammadu Buhari had no hand in the intrigues that led to the substitution of Jegede’s name by INEC.

He, however, said he believed that certain elements in the Presidency were behind the plot. He called on INEC to postpone the poll in order to ensure fairness and justice for Jegede.

He said, “Initially, we thought INEC was under an undue influence from the top. With my interaction with the President, however, he (Buhari) has no hand in it. But certain elements in the Presidency are part of this conspiracy and complicity.”

Also, the candidate of the AD, Chief Olusola Oke, said that the victory of Jegede at the appeal court would benefit his party because it would curb massive rigging in the Saturday’s governorship election in the state.

He said, “We are set for the election and we are set to win. Jegede’s return to the race is to the AD’s advantage. Now, we will have state power checking the federal power because the fear of the people before now was that the federal might could be deployed to design victory for the All Progressives Congress candidate, Rotimi Akeredolu, without any check.

“Now it means that this will not be possible; it means that only genuine results will most likely come out of Ondo State and once that happens, we are confident of winning because we are accepted by the people of the state.”

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Frozen $15.5m: Court rejects Patience’s application to restrain EFCC

A Federal High Court in Lagos on Tuesday rejected an application by the wife of former President Goodluck Jonathan, Patience, seeking to bar the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission from tampering with a sum of $15.591 frozen in four Skye Bank accounts.

The EFCC placed a ‘No Debit Order’ on the four bank accounts in July while probing Jonathan’s former Special Assistant on Domestic Affairs, Waripamo-Owei Dudafa, for money laundering.

But Patience, who had laid claim to the money, filed a fundamental rights enforcement action against the EFCC, Skye Bank, Dudafa and the four companies in whose names the accounts were opened.

She is urging the court to order the EFCC to remove the ‘No Debit Order’ on the accounts and to release the $15.5m to her.

At the Tuesday’s proceedings in the case before Justice Mohammed Idris, Patience’s lawyer, Mr. Ifedayo Adedipe (SAN), made an oral application, urging the judge to restrain the EFCC from tampering with the money pending the final determination of the case.

But the EFCC lawyer, Mr. Rotimi Oyedepo, opposed him, arguing that the four companies who owned the four bank accounts had been convicted of money laundering by Justice Babs Kuewumi of the same court.

“We pray the court to dismiss the application with a wave of hand. There is an order of the court that has convicted the fourth to seventh defendants for warehousing the proceeds of crime,” Oyedepo said.

He argued that the case before Justice Kuewumi would be prejudiced should Justice Idris restrain the EFCC from tampering with the money.

Oyedepo also contended that Patience did not have the locus standi to make such an application, and expressed doubt as to the validity of the addresses of the fourth to seventh defendants where Patience claimed to have served the originating summons.

Dudafa’s lawyer, Mr. Gboyega Oyewole, however, said the court bailiff had already deposed to an affidavit that the fourth to seventh defendants had been served.

In a short ruling, Justice Idris said he would rather grant an accelerated hearing of the case, than make any order that would prejudice the outcome of the main case.

He adjourned till December 7, 2016 for the hearing of the main case.

Earlier in the proceedings, Justice Idris acknowledged a letter from Skye Bank’s lawyer, Lanre Ogunlesi, stating that he was indisposed and would not be able to come to court on Tuesday.

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Obasanjo to Buhari: Stop blame game, solve Nigeria’s problems

The Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Wednesday asked President Muhammadu Buhari to stop the blame game and proffer solutions to myriad problems confronting the country.

Speaking at the first Akintola Williams Annual Lecture, Obasanjo said, it was uncharitable for Buhari’s administration to continue to blame past governments that had served since 1999, saying that the administration needs to evolve policies that will take Nigeria out of the woods.

Obasanjo said, “The blanket adverse comments or castigation of all democratic administrations from 1999 by the present administration is uncharitable, fussy and uninstructive.

“Politics apart, I strongly believe that there is a distinction between the three previous administrations that it would be unfair to lump them all together. I understand President Buhari’s frustration on the state of the economy inherited by him. It was the same reason and situation that brought about the cry for change, otherwise, there would be no need for change if it was all nice and rosy.

“No administration can or should be comfortable with the excruciating pain of debilitating and crushing economy. Businesses are closing, jobs are being lost and people are suffering.

“I know that President Buhari has always expressed concern for the plight of the common people but that concern must be translated to workable and result-oriented socio-economic policy and programme that will turn the economy around at the shortest time possible.

“We cannot continue to do the same thing and expect things to change.”

There is no other PDP candidate, nobody can stop me – Jimoh Ibrahim

In apparent defiance of an Appeal Court ruling that set aside the Justice Abang judgement that ordered INEC to publish Jimoh Ibrahim’s name as the Peoples Democratic Party’s governorship candidate for the November 26 election in Ondo State, Mr. Jimoh Ibrahim has vowed to continue with his campaign.

The three-man panel of the appeal court led by Justice Ibrahim Saulawa, in a unanimous judgment delivered on Wednesday held that Justice Abang acted without jurisdiction when he made orders against those that were not parties ‎before him.

The appeal court also nullified the primary said to have been conducted by the Biyi Poroye-led state executive of the Ali Modu Sheriff faction of the party which produced Ibrahim as the governorship candidate of the party in the state.

According to a report by The Interview, the candidate of the Modu Sheriff faction of the PDP, Ibrahim, dismissed the ruling, saying “the judgment is very vague; it is nebulous and ambiguous.”

He added, “The court did not make a consequential order asking INEC to remove my name; so nobody can remove my name from the ballot. The judgment is very vague; it is nebulous and ambiguous. INEC cannot dare to remove my name.

“INEC will pay billions of naira in damages if it dares to do that. What will it be acting on? There is no consequential order. The order is empty; it’s an empty voyage of discovery!

“I’m continuing my campaign. Nobody can stop me.

“Yes. I’ll invite you to the victory party on Sunday, after the election.”

Mixed reactions over jail term for Malawi “sexual cleanser”

The sentencing of a Malawian man to two years imprisonment for performing “sexual cleansing” to widows and underage girls has attracted mixed reactions from Malawians.

Eric Aniva, 45, was arrested on July 25 following President Peter Mutharika’s directive after the man revealed that he had had sex with over 100 young girls and bereaved widows.

Aniva, known as a ‘hyena,’ who claimed his act was done at a fee in the name of cultural cleansing also admitted to BBC prior to his arrest that he was HIV positive.

In some parts of Malawi, men known as ‘hyenas’ offer paid sex service for newly-bereaved widows and young girls to fend off bad luck.

A local magistrate court in the southern district of Nsanje, where Aniva hails from, found the man guilty of engaging in and attempting to engage in “harmful practices”.

His sentencing has, however, triggered mixed reactions from Malawians through the social and local media monitored by Xinhua, with some saying he deserved a stiffer penalty.

“It’s really a mockery of justice; the maximum sentence for defilement is 14 years imprisonment,

“What Aniva did to the young girls within the 100 victims is tantamount to defilement and he ought to have been punished severely,” wrote a Malawian journalist, Pat Botha, on the social media.

Another woman said the fact that Aniva had confessed to have been HIV positive and slept with over 100 young girls and women without any protection justified the need for a stiffer penalty.

“Think of how many young girls and women he has put to the risk of contracting the virus.

“And how many people have Aniva’s clients exposed to the risk of contracting the virus. It is a total chaos: he has put the whole village under a curse,” she said.

However, Aniva is not without sympathisers who think he was just a victim of circumstances who did not deserve to be punished for indulging in what is culturally acceptable in his community.

“It is a deep-rooted cultural practice that cannot be taken away from the people by sending men to jail,” said Sifa Velosi on a WhatsApp group debate.

“Men like Aniva, ‘hyenas’ as we call them, are in every village among the Sena people and they are hired to perform sexual cleansing to widows and newly-initiated girls.

“It is a custom and it has never been an issue until now,” he said.

Another respondent on the WhatsApp group, a teacher based in the capital, Lilongwe, pointed out that Aniva’s conviction would only succeed in making the practice more secretive and lucrative as ‘hyenas’ would charge an extra penny for the risk.

In July, President Mutharika who emphasised the need to promote positive cultural values and socialisation of children, however, said harmful cultural and traditional practices shall never be accepted.

We’ll reject proposal to punish dollar hoarders – Senate

•We’re not part of move, says CBN

The Senate has expressed surprise at a recommendation by the Nigerian Law Reform Commission for a review of the Nigerian Foreign Exchange Act to make people who have in their possession for more than 30 days foreign currencies to go to jail for up to two years or pay a fine of 20 per cent of the amount.

The Senate stated in a statement signed by its spokesperson, Senator Aliyu Abdullahi, that with its focus on boosting investors’ confidence in the nation’s economy, such a move would prevent investors from entering and exiting the market freely and that its members would reject the proposal outright.

Abdullahi said in the statement, “The measure is disruptive and counterproductive, threatening to undermine many of the reform efforts already underway in the legislature and by government ministries, which are intended to boost investor confidence.

“The Senate will never pass such a punitive and regressive proposal. Overall, some of the commission’s recommendations have many sound attributes and could help Nigeria’s investment climate. We believe the CBN should have the authority to regulate the forex market and determine the exchange rate policy as already enshrined in its enabling Act.

“A market-oriented exchange rate policy is the best recipe for guiding the operations of the foreign exchange market. This will ensure the supremacy of market mechanisms in efficiently allocating scarce forex resources. We will continue to work with the Executive to halt the worsening recession and return to economic growth.”

The proposed changes are said to be intended to help control capital flows and prevent foreign exchange from being taken out of the country.

“The amendments are necessary for effective monitoring and control, and to ensure probity in foreign exchange transactions in Nigeria,” the draft published on the website of the NLRC stated.

Meanwhile, the CBN has said that it has nothing to do with such a legislation that will bar citizens from holding foreign currencies for more than 30 days.

The Acting Director, Corporate Communications, CBN, Isaac Okorafor, stressed that the apex bank, in line with its mandate, was committed to safeguarding the international value of the country’s legal tender.

He denied knowledge of the proposed clause recommending a jail term of two years for any holder of foreign exchange in cash or a fine of 20 per cent of the amount.

“To the best of my knowledge, the Central Bank of Nigeria has not proposed any bill seeking to arrest and jail persons holding foreign exchange for more than 30 days,” Okorafor said in a statement.

He also denied that the CBN was planning to confiscate funds in domiciliary accounts of individuals, saying such a claim was false.

Look what a south Africa prophet use in healing signs , injuries with insect killer.

A self-styled prophet in South Africa on Monday defended spraying his followers in the face with insect killer saying the practice healed people of their sins.

Photographs of Lethebo Rabalago spraying “Doom” aerosol on volunteers during his church service at the weekend in Limpopo, in the northwest of the country, spread fast on social media.

“Some people came with injuries but we sprayed them and they were healed,” pastor Rabalago, 24, told the Times Live website.

“No one inspired me. I just believe in God for anything.”

Rabalago — quickly dubbed the “Prophet of Doom” — said he was “glorifying God” by spraying his congregation at the Mount Zion General Assembly (MZGA) church.

“Everything here on Earth belongs to God. Petrol belongs to God. Doom belongs to God,” he said.

Brand Tigers, which manufactures the well-known household spray, issued a statement calling on Rabalago to halt his ritual healing, calling it “alarming and extremely concerning”.

“(We) want to make it very clear that it is unsafe to spray Doom Super Multi Insect Killer… into people’s faces,” it said.

“The packaging has very clear instruction and health warnings for humans which must be adhered to.”

Brand Tigers added that anyone affected should wash their hands and face, avoid inhaling and seek medical attention.

Photographs from the MZGA showed several women, with their eyes tightly closed, being sprayed in the face by Rabalago.

The pastor said no one was injured, but declined to say how many devotees attend his church or how many were healed.

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Woman Drags Ex-lover To Court For Duping And Refusing To Marry Her

A 42 -year- old man who dumped a 49 -year-old
lover and secretly went and married another woman
has landed in prison custody after he failed to
refund the money the ex -lover allegedly gave him
to set up his business in Lagos State, western
Nigeria .
He was charged before Isolo Magistrate ’s court
with obtaining under false pretence and remanded
in prison custody at Kirikiri.
According to police , Gerald Onuimo allegedly
defrauded his jilted lover , Christiana Ojukwu, by
obtaining N450 , 000 from her under false pretence.
P .M . NEWS gathered that Onuimo met Ojukwu
five years ago and he gave her false hope of
marrying her, which prompted her to give him the
money to invest in his business.
The incident happened at Fasehun Street in Ago
Palace Way Okota , Lagos where they met and
lived.
When Onuimo ’s business eventually picked up ,
he secretly went and married another woman
without Ojukwu’s knowledge and later informed her
that he had got married.
Jolted by his betrayal , Ojukwu asked Onuimo to
refund the money she gave him to equip his shop in
2011 since he had breached their agreement.
Onuimo reportedly refused to refund the money
and told her that he had offered her his services
worth more than the amount over the years.
He also said there was no agreement between them
that he would refund her money .
Ojukwu went to the police at Ago Palace Way and
reported the matter and Onuimo was arrested and
charged to court where he pleaded not guilty .
The presiding Magistrate , Mrs Joy Ugbomoiko ,
granted him bail in the sum of N 100 , 000 with
one surety in like sum.
Onuimo was remanded in prison pending when he
will perfect his bail .
The matter was adjourned till 12 December , 2015.
When our reporter contacted Onuimo on why he
breached their agreement , he said Ojukwu was far
older than him and too fat, as such his family did
not want her.

A Detailed Analysis On Why Hon James Faleke Should Be The APC Gov Candidate

Since the death of Audu Abubakar, the Governorship
candidate of APC and the leading candidate in the
yet-to-be concluded Kogi state Governorship
election, tongues have been wagging and opinions
have been divided on what should be the next line
with respect to the said election. To some, the
election should be outrightly cancelled because the
Governorship candidate of APC is gone. To some
others, the APC should be disqualified for having
'No Candidate', while some others opined that the
APC should nominate a new governorship candidate
to complete the process.
Firstly , the election can't be cancelled because
INEC has NO power according to the Electoral Act
(2010) and the 1999 Constitution to cancel any
election when declared. It lies with the COURT. The
only way election can be cancelled is when both the
Governorship and Deputy Governorship candidates
of a political party dies. In this case, the Deputy
Governorship candidate of APC, James Faleke is
still alive. Hence, INEC has no choice but to
continue with the process.
Secondly, APC followed the legal process in the
nomination of Audu Abubakar and Hon James
Faleke as the Governorship and Deputy
Governorship candidates respectively. The Electoral
Act never prescribe disqualification of political party
on account of death of its Governorship or Deputy
Governorship candidate. Considering that the
Electoral Act and Supreme Court judgement
maintained that political parties not candidates
stand for election, it simply means APC remains in
the race and in pole position to form new Kogi
state government when Idris Wada's tenure elapse
despite the demise of Audu.
Why Hon James Faleke Should Succeed Audu
That established, the next is who should succeed
Audu Abubakar as APC candidate? Let us recall that
the Electoral Act and Constitution was silent on
what should happen in the event that a Governor-
elect denounce his mandate before his inauguration
as at 1998. When Atiku Abubakar rescinded his
mandate for the VP candidate of Segun Obasanjo of
PDP, INEC felt there was need for a fresh PDP
candidate for a new election. PDP and the
Adamawa state Deputy-Gov-elect Boni Haruna as
then was went to court. The SC ruled that PDP won
the election with Atiku/Haruna as candidates, and in
the eyes of the law, Atiku was 'dead'. Hence,
Haruna should replace Atiku as PDP Governorship
candidate and be sworn-in as Adamawa state
Governor. After the judgement, the Electoral Act and
Constitution were amended to reflect the SC
interpretation. In this situation, considering the fact
that the law allows for the Deputy to succeed his/
her boss in the event of death of the Governor-elect
(after election has been concluded) and the
Governor (after inauguration), it is only normal and
in accordance with the positions of the SC
judgements and the law tthat Hon James Faleke,
the APC Kogi state Deputy Governorship candidate
be upgraded to the substantive Governorship-
candidate of APC, while the party nominates a new
running mate.
The Position of Running Mate Is For Purpose Like
This
We also have to realise that the purpose of running
mate is not to 'fill space' but to step-in in case of
any eventuality of the main candidate. This is why
the VP assumes the role of President in event of
death, and not the runner-up in the Presidential
election. It is also the reason the VP-elect assume
the position of President-elect in event of death of
the President-elect and not the runner-up of the
election. This is same reason the APC Deputy
Governorship-candidate of Kogi state (James
Faleke) will/should assume the position of
Governorship-candidate and not the runner-up in the
APC Primary election. Hence, the APC should 'do
the needful and nominate a new Deputy-Gov
candidate.
A Fresh Primary Is Illegal and Unconstitutional
However, should APC elect for a fresh primary, then
that will amount to illegality as no section of the
Electoral Act and the Constitution give room for
primary when election is ongoing. I believe that the
court will nullify it. It is my belief that the only
legitimate thing is for Faleke to be made the
candidate.
Why I'm Behind Hon James Faleke's Ascension:
My position on this subject is precipitated on the
need for being on the side of justice irrespective of
who the beneficiary may be. Justice is justice, there
is no basis for opposing justice because it doesn't
favor our ethnic or political scheme. For those
against Faleke on basis of his non-Igala heritage, I
urge you to accept the new development for in the
interest of the state.

#TonyeBarcanista

Release All Nigerian Detainees Or Face Disband, British Party Warns UK Govt -

By Ekele Peter Agbo

‘British Embassy in Lagos/Abuja to be Shut
Down, We’ll reject British Products’
*Says: ‘Money given to Corrupt Nigerian officials by
UK authorities bribing Commonwealth Govt into
granting False Deportation Certificates to illegally
deport Nigerians’
*Laments: ‘Nigerian UK Ambassador confessed
illegal Travel Certificates were issued against
Nigerian citizens’ Will to sabotage them’
*Notes: ‘ Your Citizens in Nigeria will be Equally
Deported to United Kingdom’
*States: ‘We’ll clamp down on Conservative Ruling
Party applying International Federalistic Political
Approach geared at depowering coloured people
civilisation’
*Explains: ‘We call on Queen Elizabeth II to disband
ruling party for violating UDHR 1948 Treaty Article
9, 13, 15 and allow Labour Govt to head British
Parliament’
*Echoes: ‘Nigerian citizens will boycott British
Airlines, British Embassy, stop Submission of
Application or paying of Visa fees’ -Professor Alexia
Thomas, Chairman, The Commonwealth Liberation
Party, London
Time ticks away for the British Government as from
November 22, 2015 to ensuring all Nigerians being
detained, tortured, traumatised and dehumanised in
various Immigration Detention Centers all over
United Kingdom and Europe are released
unconditionally in 14 days, else by retaliatory way,
British citizens in Nigeria would be deported, British
Airlines/Products would be boycotted and there is
every reason to believe
that British citizens in Nigeria will be deported.
This shocking position was made by Professor
Alexia Thomas, Chairman, The Commonwealth
Liberation Party, TCLP, a British registered political
party during a press conference held in their
headquarters yesterday.
In a widely circulated press statement, Alexia, a
Nigeria-born, British fiery human rights activist
leading the anti-deportation campaign said: “The
United Kingdom Ruling Government is given up till
the 7th of December, 2015, to pronounce mandate
to release Nigerian citizens from Immigration
Detention Centers in the UK unconditionally without
compromise, or else by 9th December, 2015, they
(British Government) should expect Nigerian citizens
to boycott British products and produce.
The Nigerian people will refuse to patronise British
Airlines and Nigerian citizens will refuse to visit
British Embassy or Submit Applications nor
pay them any fees.
“The Conservative Ruling Party is compelled to
refund all Visa Fees paid by Nigerians at home and
Abroad for Residence and Visitors’ Application
which was declined from the year 1999 to 2015. By
the 14th of December,
2015 the Conservative Ruling Party are requested to
pronounce immediate release of Nigerian citizens in
Detention Centers or failure will see the British
Embassies in Lagos/Abuja shut down from
operation to the public.”
Fuming, Alexia explained that “By 21st December,
2015, an ultimatum to release all Nigerian citizens
in Detention Centers or face the consequence of
British citizens resident in Nigeria equally deported
back to United
Kingdom unless those who have dual Nationalities.”
Emphasising this ultimatum, Alexia states that “The
Conservative Ruling Party is given 28th of
December, 2015 deadline to release names and
profiles of deceased migrants’ records death since
1968 to 2015 as
compelled by Law to release under the Freedom of
Information Act 2000. They are required to release
the names of the dead who committed suicide
and those killed in the hands of UK Government
Employees. They are to compile Dead Victims
Dozier send to the office of the Minister of Foreign
Affairs, Abuja. The Conservative Ruling Government
are under a mandate to
send to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs ‘Arrangement
and Provisions’ kept in place to compensate
families of the deceased victims.”
In a unanimous decision, this British political insist
by saying: “We, the TCLP declares this Resolution
Formula the ‘International Federalistic Political
Approach’ because the British Conservative Ruling
Party has
violated the Treaty Article 9, 13, 15 of Universal
Declaration of Human Rights, UDHR 1948. Injustice
to One is Injustice to All.”
Exposing the British Government, the press
statements reads: “The British Government ( The
Conservative Ruling Party) intention is a
premeditated attempt to ‘depower colored people
civilization enrichment’. Their action
is War against Humanity. The Queen is called upon
to caution The Conservative Ruling Government
before they bring shame to the British Kingdom as
their actions to dehumanise citizens from the
Commonwealth Nations and treat them as Third
Class citizens by denying them Equality means
Third World War is looming.
“The TCLP pronounces that the world is yet to
recover from the Second World War of 1935, that
saw 15million Jews and others lost their lives,
where Jews were massacred, 100million citizens of
the world displaced and
made homeless. Insanity of The Conservative Ruling
Party must be stopped, else anarchy-a new face of
change will throw the mud at the Reparation, and
the Commonwealth citizens uprise will stand for
itself. The Conservative Ruling Party is seriously
warned through the press medium to stop all Hate
Crime Abuses, Motives, Covert Operations and
Mayhem being unleashed on Commonwealth
citizens; else they are advised to disband, and will
disband, so the Labour Government will manage the
British Empire/Parliament for the moment. The
Queen of England will be advised accordingly
before United Kingdom invites destruction upon
herself, her country, her citizens and her people”
On British style of governance, this President of
Independent Diplomat Commission, IDC said “UK
Government don’t use a constitution. It is still not
clear why they the Commonwealth Nations
constitution, meaning the Rule
was for the Upper Class to oppress the Middle and
Lower Class. UL Government did not Her
Commonwealth Nations Freedom, instead gave
them Sovereignty, which translates the Will to do
your own thing without interfering. Freedom is
unlocking the code of knowledge. So, failing to give
them their practices of Statutes, Court Judgments,
Works of Authority and their Treaties simply means
they have given them the rights to commit
Homicide on their citizens. Freedom has now been
given to The Commonwealth Nations through
International Bill of Patriot Mandate, IBOPM released
worldwide last month. The Constitution of UK is the
sum of Laws and Principles that make up the body-
politic of UK. It concerns the
relationship between the Individual and the State,
functioning of the Legislature, the Executive and
Judiciary. Unlike many other nations, UK has no
single Constitutional document.
“UK have an uncodified or unwritten Constitution.
Much of the British Constitution is embodied in
written documents, within Statutes, Court
Judgments Works of Authorities and Treaty. The
Parliament of Great
Britain was formed in 1707 following the ratification
of the Treaty Union by Acts of union passed by the
Parliament of England and the Parliament of
Scotland. At the start of the Nineteenth century,
Parliament was further enlarged by Acts of Union by
Parliament of England and the Parliament of Ireland
that abolished the latter and added 100 Irish
Members of Parliament, MPs and 32 Lords to the
former to create the Parliament of the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland; where
the Royal and the Parliamentary Titles Act 1927
formally amended the name to ‘Parliament of the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern
Ireland.”

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detainees-face-disband-british-party-warns-uk-govt

CBN to reduce lending rate to 11 percent

The Central Bank of Nigeria ended its Monetary
Policy Committee meeting in Abuja on Tuesday with
a resolution to reduce Monetary Policy Ratio,
popularly called lending rate, from 13 per cent to 11
per cent.
The CBN governor, Godwin Emefiele, who
announced the resolution of the Committee at the
end of its meeting, also said members agreed to
cut down on Cash Reserve Ratio for public and
private sectors from 25 to 20 per cent.
The CRR is a monetary policy tool used to set the
minimum deposits commercial banks must hold as
reserves, rather than lend out during any given
period.
Mr. Emefiele said that part of the key resolutions
during the meeting was for the CBN to focus on
playing its primary role of stimulating the growth of
the economy by providing the needed funds
commercial banks would use to to promote the
continued operation of the real sectors of the
economy.
He identified the sectors that would benefit from the
special funding support from the CBN to include
infrastructure (with emphasis on power), agriculture
and the solid minerals.

http://www.premiumtimesng.com/business/
banking-and-finance/193843-cbn-reduces-lending-
rate-to-11-percent.html

Ooni- elect prince ogunwusi will be crown today

Prince Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, will today be
installed Ooni, few hours after leaving Ilofi, Iremo,
yesterday evening.
It would be recalled that the Ooni-elect began the
traditional rites at Ilofi, a place of preparation for
new Ooni, on October 30 and was expected to have
left on November 19, after spending 21 days.
Informed sources, however, disclosed that a few
more days were added to ensure that all the rites
were completed before the coronation would take
place.
It was also learned that the coronation of Ogunwusi
will not be done in the open. A palace source told
newsmen that the new Ooni will be installed in Ile
Oodua, stressing that the new monarch will be
entering the palace for the first time as an Oba
today.
He added: “ In line with the demand of Ile Ife
customs and traditions, his coronation will hold
behind closed doors. Only the Isoros and Ife chiefs
will be involved but I can confirm that it will be
done inside the palace.”
In a chat with newsmen, former Special Adviser on
Youth and Sports to Osun State Governor, Mr. Biyi
Odunlade, confirmed that the new Ooni will be
crowned today inside Ile Oodua but added that the
event will not be open to the public.

Source: Vanguardngr

Abubakar audu's burial : governor wada leads state delegation

The All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship
candidate at the Kogi state election, late Abubakar
Audu, who died on Sunday, is set to be buried in
his home town , Ogbonicha in Ofu local government
area of the state.
Audu was reported to have died in a rather
mysterious manner after relatives said he was
vomiting blood prior to the announcement of the
election results which was held the previous day.
The late Abubakar Audu
Naij.com team on ground in the state reports that
Governor Idris Wada will lead the state’s delegation
to the former governor’s burial.
Wada, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic
Party (PDP), was the losing contestant in the
election which the Independent National Electoral
Commission (INEC) declared inconclusive in the
state.
Family sources revealed that the former governor,
whose health condition had not been stable for
some time, was poisoned and had to undergo
blood transfusion before carrying out his civic duty
on Saturday.
As at the time of filing this report, Naij.com team
was on its way to Audu’s hometown in Igala land,
where he will be buried today according to Islamic
rites.
Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the national leader of
the APC, is also one of those expected to appear at
the funeral ceremony of the late politician.
Follow Naij.com for live updates from the event.
8.30am: Naij.com correspondents on ground say
Senator Dino Melaye, Audu’s running mate, Abiodun
Faleke, and some other dignitaries were already at
the venue of the burial.
8.45am: The Imam to carry out the funeral
ceremony arrived a few minutes ago as the
residents of the village have continued to lament
the demise of their son.
Some wailers claimed that their son and benefactor
has been murdered and they have been left
stranded.
9.00am: Security is tight at the venue as only
important dignitaries are allowed into the house of
the deceased, while every other person remains
within the compound.
9.05am: The place where the late politician will be
buried is being dug quite close to the mosque
inside his compound.
9.32am: Isa Ithotho, the first runner up in PDP’s
primaries arrived at about 8.58am; Linus Nneche
representing Alamoboro constituency at the Federal
House of Representatives arrived at about 8.50am;
while the Vice Chancellor of the Kogi State
University, Professor Mohammed Sanni Abdul-Kadiri
got to the venue at about 9.08am.
9.35am: Reports say Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and
former Kano state governor, Rabiu Musa
Kwankwaso will take a chopper from Abuja down to
the venue.
9.41am: Reports say many people in their
thousands were thronging the venue, crying and
wailing.
9.42am: A resident, Mustapha Jibril who spoke with
Naij.com, said: “I came in from Lokoja to confirm
the news because I did not believe. He must have
been poisoned from Lokoja.”
Another resident, Musa Ali told our correspondent
that, “he is popular because he absorbed many
people into the civil service when he was in power,
the university came in as well as other investors.
He focussed on the communities, the grassroots.
Kogi can never have a person like Audu again.”
9.42am: So many Imams are having a meeting on
how to go about the burial. While Senator Melaye
and Faleke, who broke down in tears, are outside
the house in a separate canopy.
9.43am: A group of very young boys have entered
the venue, shouting “they have killed our son”.
10.17am: Naij.com can confirm that someone
fainted about three minutes ago. APC solidarity also
ongoing at the venue with tops, stickers on their
cars to show their support for the former governor.
10.15am: Some Islamic clerics chanting laila illa
allahu at the late politician’s residence as they
prepare to bring out his corpse for the burial.
One of the sympathizers signing the condolence
register
10.11am: Mobile policemen have pushed back the
crowd in anticipation of the emergence of the
corpse from inside the house as more people pour
into the compound of the late
10.17am: Naij.com can confirm that someone
fainted about three minutes ago. APC solidarity also
ongoing at the venue with tops, stickers on their
cars to show their support for the former governor.
10.15am: Some Islamic clerics chanting laila illa
allahu at the late politician’s residence as they
prepare to bring out his corpse.

Source naij.com

Abubarka audu wins kogi state governorship election

Following the collation of the Kogi State
governorship election results from all the Local
Government Area in the state, by officials of the
Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC,
Abubakar Audu of the All Progressives Congress has
defeated the incumbent Governor Idris Wada of the
Peoples Democratic Party.
The Local Government Areas, are
Adabi,Ajaokuta,Ankpa,Bassa,Dekina,Ibaji,Idah,Igalamela-
Odolu,Ijumu,Kabba/Bunu,Koton Karfe,Lokoja,Mopa-
muro,Ofu,Ogori/
Magongo,Okehi,Okene,Olamaboro.Omala,Yagba
East, Yagba West
In total, Audu of the All Progressive Congress polled
240, 867 to defeat his PDP counterpart, governor
Wada who had 199, 514 votes out of the 21 Local
Government Areas in the state.

7 sins that always Christians to self destruction. Christians please avoid

When we receive Christ as our Lord and Savior, we
know He has conquered sin in our life. It is through
His death that our sins have been cleansed and no
longer to be remembered. Jesus’ life makes the
difference. "Blessed are they whose transgressions
are forgiven, whose sins are covered. Blessed is the
man whose sin the Lord will never count against
him” (Romans 4:7- .

Pride - quality or state of being proud – inordinate
self esteem: “Pride goes before destruction, a
haughty spirit before a fall” (Proverbs 16:18).

Gluttony – excess in eating and drinking: “for
drunkards and gluttons become poor, and
drowsiness clothes them in rags” (Proverbs 23:21).

Greed - excessive or reprehensible acquisitiveness:
“Having lost all sensitivity, they have given
themselves over to sensuality so as to indulge in
every kind of impurity, with a continual lust for
more” (Ephesians 4:19).

Laziness – disinclined to activity or exertion: not
energetic or vigorous: “The way of the sluggard is
blocked with thorns, but the path of the upright is a
highway” (Proverbs 15:19).

Wrath – strong vengeful anger or indignation: “A
gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word
stirs up anger” (Proverbs 15:1)

Envy – painful or resentful awareness of an
advantage enjoyed by another joined with a desire
to possess the same advantage: “Therefore, rid
yourselves of all malice and all deceit, hypocrisy,
envy, and slander of every kind. Like newborn
babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you
may grow up in your salvation” (1 Peter 2:1-2).

Lust – to have an intense desire or need: “But I tell
you that anyone who looks at a woman lustfully has
already committed adultery with her in his
heart” (Matthew 5:28).

Inspirational Quotes

“ We believe in ordinary acts of
bravery, in the courage that
drives one person to stand up
for another.

"You can talk with someone for
years, everyday, and still, it
won't mean as much as what
you can have when you sit in
front of someone, not saying a
word, yet you feel that person
with your heart, you feel like
you have known the person for
forever.... connections are made
with the heart, not the ton.

Presidency warns biafra agitators

The Nigerian presidency has warned those agitating
for a breakaway Biafra republic to have a rethink,
saying the federal government would not fold its
hands and allow anyone plunge the country into
crisis.
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, who gave the warning
on Saturday, in Jos, said government would not
watch while some individuals and groups create
unnecessary tension in the country in the guise of
seeking to break away from Nigeria.
“We need to build the civic capacity to defeat the
false and dangerous premises and assumption of
violence extremism. Never again should we allow
mindless violence inspired by false and evil
precepts to threaten our national security,” Mr.
Osinbajo said.
“Let me again call on persons or group in the
country who have some grievance or disaffection to
submit to peaceful and democratic means of
expressing themselves.”
The vice president spoke at the graduation
ceremony of the Executive Course 37 of the
National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies
(NIPSS) Kuru, which graduated 63 participants
Saturday.
In his spech, Mr. Osinbajo reminded those
embarking on mass protest for Biafra that their
“right to protest is limited by the rights of others to
safety and peaceful existence”.
“We can offer our country opinion without violating
the law of the land or threatening law and order.”
He urged the protesters to join hands with the
Buhari-led administration to develop Nigeria, saying
the administration would soon end the Boko Haram
insurgency in the country.
“Let me reiterate that Boko Haram terrorism as well
as their ideology will soon be defeated and
consigned to history,” Mr. Osinbajo said.
He admitted there were educational setbacks in the
country, but said the APC-led administration would
tackle the challenges in the sector as a means of
ensuring better future for Nigeria’s younger
generation.
“While accepting that our educational system is in a
dangerously parlous state, the solutions are obvious
even if not easy,” the Vice-President said.
“We have to focus on early child education, retrain
teachers, ensure that our curricular will prepare our
children for the 21st century.”
He charged the NIPSS new graduates to use the
experiences garnered during the 10-month course to
develop Nigeria in their fields of endeavour.
Earlier in an address, the Director General of NIPSS,
Ahmed Tijani, said the course’s 37 participants
made valuable contributions for national
development, particularly in the educational sector.
PREMIUM TIMES learnt that with Saturday’s
graduation, NIPSS has since 1979, when it was
established, graduated 1781 course participants.

Paris attacks: david cameron to meet Francois hollande

Paris attacks: David Cameron to meet
Francois Hollande
21 November 2015 UK
Prime Minister David Cameron will meet French
President Francois Hollande in Paris on Monday to
discuss the fight against terror.
They will discuss how to co-operate on counter-
terrorism and in the fight against so-called Islamic
State (IS) in Syria and Iraq, UK officials said.
Earlier Mr Cameron hailed a universally approved
UN Security Council resolution to "redouble" action
against IS.
IS has said it carried out the Paris attacks, which
left 130 people dead.
Monday's meeting will begin a week of diplomacy
in which Mr Hollande will meet Russian President
Vladimir Putin, German Chancellor Angela Merkel
and US President Barack Obama.
Brussels alert over fears of 'Paris-style attack'
Paris attacks: Brussels on high alert
In-depth coverage of the attacks and their
aftermath
A French-drafted UN document asking countries to
"combat by all means this unprecedented threat"
from IS received universal approval on Friday night.
The resolution is a call for countries to take action
rather than a legal authorisation to use all necessary
measures, the BBC's UN correspondent Nick Bryant
said.
However France - which is already carrying out air
strikes against Islamic State in Syria - argues that
military action is legally justifiable because of the
right of countries to defend themselves, he added.
Mr Cameron said the UN vote was an important
moment which "shows beyond doubt the breadth of
international support" to "eradicate" IS.
He is seeking to build cross-party support in the
UK for British air strikes against IS - also known as
Isil, Isis or Daesh - in Syria, though there is no
timetable for a Parliamentary vote.
'Russian co-operation'
On Saturday, a Russian Foreign Ministry official said
the country was ready to discuss UK involvement in
air strikes in Syria.
Mariya Zakharova told state television news
programme Vesti: "Our position is absolutely clear:
there should be co-operation, so that any (actions)
are not targeted at destroying the Syrian state."
Russia and the UK have different views on how to
solve Syria's long-running civil war.
Two years ago, MPs voted against possible UK
military action against President Bashar al-Assad's
government in Syria.
Parliament later approved British participation in air
strikes against IS extremists in Iraq, which have
been ongoing ever since.
On Saturday, Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said his
party would support "every necessary measure" to
protect people in the UK, but warned people "must
not keep making the same mistakes" when
responding to acts of terror.
It was "vital" during a time of tragedy "not to be
drawn into responses that feed a cycle of violence
and hate", he said.
The recent events in Paris have won round some
MPs, who had previously stated their opposition to
action in Syria, to the idea of bombing IS targets in
the country.
But Defence Select Committee chairman,
Conservative MP Julian Lewis, said he was
standing firm in his belief that air strikes were not
the answer.
"I am in favour of effective military action to destroy
Daesh, Isil, (but) bombing alone, without credible
ground forces, is ineffective action," he told the
BBC.
"There is little, if any, evidence in history of a
successful bombing campaign unless there were
ground forces to take over."
The SNP said the prime minister should not take
the UN resolution as an authorisation for UK military
action.
The UK government had not made a case that
Britain "adding to the bombing of Syria will make
any material difference", a spokesperson said.
Brussels alert
Meanwhile, Belgium has raised its terror alert in
the Brussels region to the highest level, warning of
a "very serious" and "imminent" threat. The Brussels
metro network has been closed for the weekend.
The UK Foreign Office has updated its travel advice
for Belgium , advising people to avoid busy places,
including concerts, stations, airports, and shopping
centres.
At Premier League football matches this weekend,
the French national anthem - La Marseillaise - will
be played in a show of support.
A choral version will be played after the coin toss,
with players from both teams coming together with
match officials in the centre circle.

I have kissed over 200 actress on a set - jimi iyke

Nollywood bad boy, Jimi Iyke can’t stop being
controversial. During the week, the actor openly
kissed actress Joselyn Dumas on a live show,and
went ahead to confess that he has kissed not less
than 200 actresses while on different movie sets.
I Have Kissed over 200 Actresses on Set – Jim
Iyke
He was a Special Guest on AfricaMagic
programme which was anchored by Joselyn
Dumas. Responding to a question on why he had
to kiss Nadia Buari, upon the latter’s arriving Dubai
during the last season of his reality TV show, Jim
Iyke Unscripted, the controversial actor said, he
has a
habit of kissing women openly, including his
sisters.
He narrated a situation where he had to kiss three
European ladies who accompanied his girl friend to
the airport to welcome him, during one of his
foreign trips, adding that he doesn’t see anything
wrong with it.
As if that is not enough, Jim Iyke painted another
scenario, where he had to kiss four actresses in
the presence of their boy friends.
He, however, declined to comment on his
relationship with Nadia Buari. But there are
indications that the two unconfirmed love-birds
may be hitting your TV screens again for the
second season of Jim Iyke Unscripted. Jim
disclosed that the reality show will soon hit the
screens again.
Explaining the idea behind the show, Jim Iyke said,
he needed to present a true picture of who he is,
to the world.
Jim Iyke Unscripted debuted in 2013, on Dstv
showcasing the uncut life style of the actor .The
series which ran for 13 weeks presented the other
side of the controversial actor.
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