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The All Progressives Congress (APC) yesterday threatened to expel ministers who disobey presidential directives and decisions taken by the party.

National Chairman Adams Oshiomhole described as “the height of mischief for any minister to purport to be honourable and act dishonourably”, adding that “nobody is greater than the party.”

Oshiomhole spoke yesterday at the Presidential Villa afte meeting with Chief of Staff to the President Abba Kyari.

He was reacting to the delay by the Minister of Labour, Senator Chris Ngige, to inaugurate the board of the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Funds (NSITF).

Minister of Trandpoetation (Aviation) Hadi Sirika is also yet to inaugurate the boards of Aviation agencies mant months after President Muhammadu Buhari appointed members.

Ngige was said to have refused to inaugurate the board due to alleged fraud of over N40 billion perpetrated by the previous board.

Oshionhole said: “If the minister refuses, we will suspend him from the party. You know we must return to internal discipline.

“If the President condones disrespect for his office, I will not condone disrespect for the party. And when we expel the minister we will prevail on the President that he can’t keep in his cabinet people who have neither respect for his own decisions nor have respect for the party without which they would not have been ministers.

“There are no independent candidates in our system, nobody, I emphasis no minister is above the party and they have taken undue advantage of the President’s fatherly disposition.

“Now, it is the same green pen that made them minister that appointed these boards that they are refusing to swear in. And it is absolutely legal for a minister in a democracy to prey the powers of the board because the laws establishing those institutions are clear, that the boards have procedures to follow.

“So, when a minister sits in his office to appropriate the powers of the board in a democracy, not in a dictatorship, award contract that didn’t go though boards, those are clearing abuse of office for which they are liable.

“I am convinced that what they are doing is not with the endorsement of Mr. President. Over the period they have tried to drop the president’s name but I tell them it is the same authority that appoint these people.

“So, we are informing them that it is either they comply to the president’s instructions or they comply with the party’s position or they go and administer outside the government.

“We have respect for ministers but only to the extent that they recognize that they are a product of a political party and we are not negotiating that. If they done that in the past under our leadership we will not tolerate it.

“They either comply or we will expel them from the party. When we expel them we will find out how a government can keep a rebel in the cabinet. There is no question about that.” he said

Months after leaving no stones unturned while representing Jos at the Hennessy VS Class competition in Lagos, well revered lyricist, Stix, teams up with one of the best reggae acts on the scene, Chokolater, to serve fans with a truly encouraging and inspiring track titled "Never Back Down". Music producer X-Phill sure deserves some accolades for gracing this work with his professional touch in music production. Ladies and gentlemen, download and listen to nothing short of greatness...

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Admits four murders, earns N10,000 for each

A 20-year-old woman, Mariam Abiola, arrested by police operatives attached to Ilasa Division, Lagos, on Monday said she killed four people between December last year and last week.

Abiola, who said she joined the Eiye confraternity after fleeing from her parent’s home at Abeokuta, Ogun State, told reporters she usually wore wore Jalabilia and hijab to assassinate her targets to cover the gun.

According to her, she was an armourer for the cult group as well as an execution, adding that they usually gave her the picture of a target and identify the person’s house.

Abiola said she was paid N10,000 for each of the four persons she killed for her group at Ilasa, adding that one Sadiq, taught her how to shoot a gun.

She said:  ”I ran away from my house in Lafenwa Abeokuta to Lagos to look for work. I met one Mr. Sodiq when I got to Lagos. He took me to his house at Ilasamaja and initiated me into Eiye cult group.

“He took me to an herbalist, who gave me a black substance to eat. He told me that their work was about killing people. He gave me a gun and taught me how to shoot. I learnt how to shoot by shooting on the wall.

“I shot on the wall three times before I learnt how to shoot. Brother Sodiq gave three of us guns and pictures of persons to kill. He trained three of us. Two boys and myself.

“I have killed four persons. Each time that I want to go for the killing, I usually wear a white gown and a white veil (Hijab). Brother Sodiq usually showed us the target’s house.

“We go to the house at night. The two boys will scale the fence and open the gate for me. We go straight to the apartment and shoot at the target at close range. None of our targets survived. I killed one guy at Fadeyi area of Lagos, another one at Hassan in Ilasa, one at Ajeh. “Each time we killed someone, brother Sodiq would pay me N10,000 but he would pay the others N20,000 each. I do not feel bad after killing anyone because I see it as a job I paid to do. ”

Parading the suspect, Police Commissioner Imohimi Edgal advised parents to monitor their wards.

He said: “It is worrisome. Her confessions are startling, chronicling the number of killings. Apart from being an assassin, she was also an armourer for the gang.”

Singer R. Kelly, the target of a boycott campaign over his treatment of women, hit back Monday in a 19-minute song in which he reveals he was abused himself.

Entitled “I Admit,” the marathon song nonetheless is heavier on denials than acknowledgement as the “I Believe I Can Fly” star vents frustration over the stream of allegations against him.




R Kelly
“I never thought it would come to this, to be the most disrespected artist,” he sings over a mid-tempo R&B beat.

“So I had to write a song about this, ’cause they always take my words and twist it.”

Halfway through the song, Kelly says that a family member touched him sexually from a young age until he was 14.

“So scared to say something / So I just put the blame on me / Now here I am, and I’m trying my best to be honest.”

The Time’s Up movement for gender equality has urged the music industry to part ways with Kelly in the wake of Bill Cosby’s conviction, calling for a world in which women “can pursue their dreams free from sexual assault, abuse and predatory behavior.”

Kelly was acquitted in 2008 of charges of child pornography after a video allegedly showed him in sexual acts with an underage girl.

More recently, a woman in Dallas complained to police that Kelly knowingly gave her a sexually transmitted disease and BuzzFeed News published an expose in which it said that the singer was keeping six women in virtual slavery with control over their diets, clothing and sex lives.

Kelly, 51, in the song suggests racial bias and draws a contrast with positive portrayals of late Playboy founder Hugh Hefner, known for his multiple relationships with younger women.

Kelly admits sex with “both older and young ladies” but adds: “Really, am I supposed to go to jail or lose my career because of your opinions?”

He also chides celebrities who have turned on him including singer John Legend as well as top streaming service Spotify, which briefly removed him from playlists as part of a crackdown.

“I’m not convicted / Not arrested / Dragged my name in the dirt,” he sings.

The Inauguration Speech of Pantu Fwanshak SUG President Unijos 2018/2019 Session

I stand here today humbled by the task before us, grateful for the trust you have bestowed, mindful of the sacrifices born by our founding fathers. I thank President Samson Luka Haruna for his service to our union, as well as the generosity and cooperation he has shown throughout this transition.
From the year I stepped into this university, inaugurations have been carried out during rising tides of prosperity and the still waters of peace. Yet, every so often the oath is taken amidst gathering clouds and raging storms. At these moments, SUG University of Jos has carried on not because of the skill or vision of those in high office, but because “We” the People have remained faithful to the ideals of our forbearers, and true to our founding documents.
That we are in the midst of crisis is now well understood. Our Union is at war, against a far-reaching network of disunity and hatred. Our collective conscience is badly weakened, not solely a consequence of greed and irresponsibility on the part of some of our leaders, but also our collective failure to make hard choices and prepare the SUG UNIJOS for a new age.
It is not a gainsaying that the challenges we face are real. They will not be met easily or in a short span of time. But know this, they will be met. On this day, we gather because we have chosen hope over fear, unity of purpose over conflict and discord. On this day, we come to proclaim an end to the petty grievances and false promises, the recriminations and worn-out dogmas, that for far too long have strangled not just our union but our politics.
We remain a young nation, but in the words of Scripture, the time has come to set aside childish things. The time has come to reaffirm our enduring spirit; to choose our better history; to carry forward that precious gift, that noble idea, passed on from generation to generation: the God-given promise that all are equal.
Our domicile is filled up with a lot of questions to answer. The state of our hostels calls for action, bold and swift, and we will act — not only to ensure constant supply of needs, but to lay a new foundation for sustainability. We will build the roads and bridges using legal bricks to work in consensus of mind with the management. We will establish a solid podium for needs assessments through partnership with the faculty Presidents. We will harness the sun and the winds and the soil to blaze the spirit of the struggle and common brotherhood.
To those who never get leery of questioning the scale of our ambitions — who suggest that our system cannot tolerate too many big plans. Their memories are short. For they have forgotten what free men and women can achieve when imagination is joined to common purpose, and necessity to courage.
What the cynics fail to understand is that the ground has shifted beneath them — that the stale political arguments that have consumed us for so long no longer apply. The question we ask today is not whether the SUG President is brave enough to lead protest, but whether he is smart enough to take proactive measures to curtail such tendencies.
As for our common defense, we reject as false the choice between our safety and our ideals. Our Founding Fathers, faced with perils we can scarcely imagine, drafted the tenets to shape our value system through the basic principle of UBUNTU (I am, because you are). Those ideals still light the world, and we will not give them up for expedience's sake.
Under the shadows of the fallen heroes of the struggle, I stand today to assert with all sense of responsibility that we are the custodians of this legacy. Guided by these principles once more, we can meet those new threats that demand even greater effort — even greater cooperation and understanding between the Students and the Union, and between the Union and the Management. We will begin to responsibly foster mutual understanding and forge love with old friends a

Ejidike Ugochukwu, a Gospel Artist and a lover of God won't stop amazing his fans and those around him with his passion for putting a smile on the faces of those in need and also his works of art that has got people receiving their miracles just listening to him.


Ejidike's visit to the Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp is one amongst the numerous journey of #Grace he has been having along with his team.
Ejidike who posted pictures of his movement to the IDP's, had him write some words that got people emotional of how much the young and old suffer a great deal.

So this child walks up to one of us and says "I just want to go back to school". Tears was difficult to hold back for the listener...
An elderly woman lying down said to us "I am injured", then her dress was raised so we could see the heart rendering injury. Everyone around her said she neither walks nor stand...
#AmpleGrace.
It only can be grace and Gods calling to undergo such a free will and spirited journey...

Unknown armed bandits along Kaduna- Abuja highway on Sunday night shot and killed a former commissioner for education in Katsina state, Prof Halimatu Sa’adiyya Idris.

A press release which was obtained from the Public Relations Officer of the state Ministry of Education, Salisu Lawal Kerau, which confirmed the development on Monday, said she and other road users were attacked near Bussa village, between Jere and Kateri communities.

Prof Idris, 60, was made commissioner in November, 2015, during the early months of Governor Aminu Bello Masari’s tenure.

During her time in office, she received the Kwame Nkrumah exemplary leadership award of excellence in recognition for her outstanding contribution to the development of education in the state and country.

She was however fired on December 27, 2017 purportedly over her statement which she called for state teachers to undergo an aptitude test.

It was learnt she had wanted to sanitise the education system by ensuring that only qualified teachers, with requisite English and related skills, taught in public schools. Her statement at the time had raised much dust with many calling for her ousting.

Before her death, she had worked as principal of GGSS, Malumfashi, 1987-1989, GGSS, Sandamu, 1990-1991, and was lecturer at the College of Advanced Studies, Zaria, from 1893-1987.

She was also Education Officer, ministry of education, Katsina, from 1989-1990,. Dean, faculty of science, Umaru Musa Yar’Adua university, Katsina, in 2015.

Both statements said burial rites held on Monday afternoon in Unguwar Sarki, Kaduna state.

In a condolence message, Senator Abu Ibrahim (APC, Katsina South), expressed sadness over the demise of the late professor.

Ibrahim called on her family members and people of Faskari council area where she hailed from, to take heart.

He prayed God to grant her eternal rest and the family members, the fortitude to bear the loss.

A 46-year old man identified as Osaremwinda Omobude Idumwonyi has reportedly stabbed his lover to death for allegedly finding condoms in her bag.

The deceased, who is a single mother of three children, was stabbed with a kitchen knife three times in her mother’s room at No. 13, Ehiyoboy Street, Off Aifuwa Street, Ikpoba-Okha local government area of Edo State.

The woman was killed few hours after she left her lover’s residence where she spent the night.

A 19-year-old man, Junior Omo Shaba, had last week killed his 18- year- old girlfriend, Matilda Odiri, and dumped her corpse by the roadside.

It has not been ascertained if the condoms were found inside thewoman’s bag while she was with him the previous night or during the day when he entered her aged-mother’s rented apartment.

Our correspondent gathered that the suspect told police investigators that he killed his lover in self defence.

According to him, the deceased picked a kitchen knife to stab him when an argument ensued between them but he overpowered and stabbed her.

The woman was rushed to hospital where she later died.

Police recovered the knife in the suspect’s kitchen.

The Edo State Police Public Relations Officer, Chidi Nwabuzor, said police is still investigating the incident.

Source: The Nation Online

All is set to put all that has been thought by lecturers on papers by students of the University of Jos (UNIJOS) as Exams begins today.

Speaking to Emmanuel Chukwura, a final year student of Mass Communication, he said "Exams has always been a test of knowledge forum saying he is fully ready for the exams."

Hotnobs TV International wish all UNIJOS Student's a hitch free and success filled exams.

Nollywood actor Jim Iyke launched an app, ‘Oga Work’, to source artisans in Nigeria.

A virtual application which provides users with the opportunity to source for artisans who can render any kind of service has been launched by Nollywood actor Jim Iyke.

Reports say the app known as ‘Oga Work’ is especially designed for artisans who have a passion for their crafts but do not have a space or a store but crave for their services to be offered to end users.

According to Jim, the innovative idea of the app is to solve the issue of unemployment in Nigeria.

He said; “It is an app where one can get artisans to render any kind of services. The app is specially designed for artisans who have a passion for their crafts but do not have space or a store and needs one to take their service to end users”.

The feisty actor also added that no matter what the skill involved, so far as it is legal, their job as the intermediary is to find an end user who needs the services of the artisan.

Charly Boy to defend homosexual daughter, others


Controversial entertainer, Charles Oputa, aka Charly Boy has vowed to defend the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) right in Nigeria, his daughter Dewy being one.

With Dewy revealing she is in a lesbian relationship recently, Charly Boy who sometime ago sparked rumour of similar identity, going by a suggestive photoshoot of himself and television show-host, Denrele Edun, announced his readiness to defend the LGBT via an Instagram post on Sunday.



Same-sex sexual activity or marriage attracts 14 years imprisonment in Nigeria, but Charly Boy who, from indications is not himself a homosexual says he is ready to wear his activism garment again in defence of the LGBT in Nigeria.

He recounted how he had fought for the rights of commercial motorcyclists, popularly called okada riders, as well as musicians during his times as president of Performing Musicians Association of Nigeria (PMAN).

“All that I have done for over 50 years of my life is to root for the underdogs… Now I reactivate my fight in defence of the LGBT community,” he said.

Dewy who, alongside her girlfriend has opened an Instagram page dedicated to their relationship and supporting the LGBT, had confessed it took a while for her parents to come to terms with her sexual identity.

A ‘Good Samaritan’ has reportedly drowned in Akure,  Ondo State capital while trying to rescue a pregnant woman from being swept away in  flood after a downpour.



Sunday Vanguard gathered that the incident happened on Friday at Eyin Ala area of Akure.


Pregnant-mother
The ‘Good Samaritan’, whose identity could  be ascertained, met his untimely death after he rescued the woman who had fallen into the river during the downpour.

An eyewitness said that, during the downpour, “the whole area was flooded and the pregnant woman was passing by when she fell into a flooded gutter but the ‘Good Samaritan’ rushed to her and saved her from slipping into the river.



“ As she was struggling to get out of the flooded gutter, the man (deceased) rushed to the woman and rescued her from being swept into the river but, unfortunately, the woman was rescued while the rescuer was swept away by the flood,”

Ondo State Police Command spokesman, Femi Joseph, who confirmed the incident, said the police had commenced investigation into the matter.

“ We are yet to identify the deceased but we have recovered the corpse and investigation has begun,”Joseph said.

Meanwhile, the corpse was said to have been deposited at the State Specialist Hospital, Akure morgue for autopsy.

Source: Vanguard Newspaper
Written By:Dayo Johnson, Akure