The Ace Comedian shares his quite inspiring story of how he began hustling and thriving to get to where he is now way back from 1983.
Ali Baba revealed he acquired some skills before he got to where he is today.
Below is what he wrote:
“Believe it or not, I learnt how to make shoes in 1983, in Agbarha-Otor, while I was waiting for Almighty Jamb to smile on me. God will bless my teacher, the Deeper Life Pastor, an Igbo man, who had lost half of his left thumb during the Biafran civil war. He was my dad’s tenant.
After observing me for days, he called me to come join him to design and cut patterns. Because he saw me graph drawing the picture of DELE GIWA. And taught me all the processes of shoe making. From preparing the leather and maximizing same, to design, sizing, cutting and sewing.
He taught me how to repair shoes only after he had taught me everything about shoes. I asked why? He said if he did not teach me about the making of a shoe, it will be impossible to know how to fix what you do not know how to make.He said the best way to learn how to fix anything is to know how it’s made. He said that is why in Aba, where he learnt how to make shoes, in 1975, his master will go buy imported brogue shoes and take them apart. Then teach him and his fellow apprentices how and why the different part of the shoe helps to make the shoe what it becomes. I remember the first day I met@micheleathers1 and I took her through how to make shoes. She was dazed.
This post is to tell all the lazy guys who think sitting down and waiting for GOVT to give them a job is cool. You will regret it. I have been many things in my life. Conductor. Sand digger. Truck loader. Casual laborer. Taxi driver. Bakery worker. Shoemaker. Barber. Deejay. Tailor. Lesson teacher. Street Hawker… So when you are fit and complete, and beg for money, it irritates me. Just so you know.”
Following the reports of the Kanye, Kim and Taylor saga, it’s been revealed newly that the rapper’s controversial lyrics about Taylor Swift weren’t even written by him.
The Sun on Sunday reports that Rihanna’s ex-PR Jonathan Hay alleges the lines which read which read: “I feel like me and Taylor might still have sex/ Why? I made that b***h famous/ God damn/ I made that b***h famous.”, were written by his act Cyhi The Prynce – real name Cydel Young – who is actually credited on the track.
Jonathan said:
“The lyrics are written by Cydel. Kanye got all the backlash but he isn’t even the one who wrote them.
“Cydel lays down the lines and Kanye will OK them and perform them.”
My parents gave birth to me out of wedlock in 1983. They were never married and never did get married. I was conceived as a result of a one-night stand.
My father had a reputation with women. He was sleek and good looking, but lacked self-control, which led him into a lot of trouble. Growing up, I saw these traits in myself. I remember one day when I went to see him, I was fourteen and he asked me who my babe was. I told him I had none and he said to me, “At your age I had already started doing things.”
At the time, he was experiencing a lot of trouble because he had spent a lot of his money on women. I made up my mind to marry as a virgin, to have sex with only my wife. I wanted to keep myself for what God was going to do through me.
I wanted a deep relationship with Him. I didn’t want anything that was going to distract me, and I knew for me, women were a distraction. When I was about twenty, my dad called me and sat me down. He told me this is the best advice he would ever give me. He said, “You have to be careful with women. I was always with women and I still do women but I don’t want you to walk in my footsteps.”
My dad was sixty when he said this to me. Truth is, I was a lady’s man. There were so many temptations and near shades with women. It wasn’t easy, but God kept and helped me. I also had mentors like the late Pastor Bimbo Odukoya who guided me.
Today, I am married and I got married as a virgin in my thirties. Obeying God was very important for my wife and I and also our testimony to our children and generations to come. We decided to keep our marriage bed undefiled. It was tough, I won’t lie, but we did it.
I remember one of the things we said when we got married was, “We did it mehn, we did it!” This is to encourage someone out there who’s thinking it’s not cool to get married as a virgin, especially as a man. But the truth is, as a man it’s the coolest thing to ever do.
She shows that she’ll make the perfect mother though – I can’t help but love how stunning she looks as she has that baby on her.
The beautiful singer and fashionista, is seen here looking all stunning as she is on aunt duties, babysitting her sister’s kid – the singer’s sister, Lola, got married last year September, 2015.
The Eko Electricity Distribution Company Plc (EKEDC) yesterday said electricity supply to the National Arts Theatre in Lagos was cut off because its management was owing over N9 million debt.
General manager, Media Communications of EKEDC, Mr Idemudia Godwin, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos that the complex was disconnected after appeals and demand notices went unheeded.According to him, the debt is an accumulation of unpaid bills over time.
He is quoted as saying:
“We don’t disconnect without serving notice. “Besides, we recently ran a newspaper advertisement informing ministries, departments and parastatal agencies (MDAs) of government that were indebted to EKEDC of our intention to disconnect them.“We have commenced disconnection of historic debtors, including residential, commercial, industrial and government establishments within our network
Ex-beauty queen and music sensation, Anna Banner and Flavour‘s daughter, Sophia, is a year old today, 1st of August, 2016 – and to celebrate her baby, the ex-beauty queen shared this beautiful photo and gushed about her.
She wrote:
Way maker , Miracle worker, Promise keeper, light in the darkness!!!! That is who you are! For you have given me an Angel in human form!
My most priceless Jewel!
My Heartbeat !
My precious gift from Above!
All i can say is Thank you!
Happy Birthday My Princess Sofia ?? my Mama!! I love you!!!!!!
The official photographer of President Muhammed Buhari, Bayo Omoboriowo celebrates one year of being married – the photographer gushed about his wife and how patient she is with him despite he is barely home.
He wrote:
Thank you Jesus for your faithfulness, thank you for all the great things you have done for us. You have showed us that with you we can break down walls and do the impossible. Thank you for everything you did and didn’t do in this one year, for we know that all things work together for our good.
With loads of love I want to say thank you to the amazing gift God gave to me, my special woman, my priceless jewel, my number one fan, my supporter and forever friend. Thank you for being there through this one year….. Thanks for your patience as we journey through this road called marriage…… I can’t say it’s been a child’s play but one thing I know is that God has been there for us and your good heart as kept us going. I know I misbehave a lot of times yet you love me, I know my absence atimes gets at you yet you welcome me back with a warm embrace, your passion to succeed is one thing that delights my heart. Words fail me but I promise to love you far more than ever before…… God bless this Union and happy 1 year anniversary to us. Let’s do more!
“If you are above 40yrs old, then you have every business reading this. If not however, you still need to go ahead and read because your own time dey come.
I mostly talk about the experiences I have been through, to talk to me and some times to heal me or some of the people I counsel. I share things I have learnt, so others can pick any positives that may help them in their journey through life.
Na so.
The stage I am at now and what am going through, is what I have discussed with so many men including my father-in-law in the past 30yrs. I never thought or even imagined I would one day be wearing the same shoes myself.
Some men right now are experiencing symptoms that include fatigue, serious mood swings, depression and wait for it….sexual problems; like not being as desirous of your spouse sexually as you have been in the past. Like noticing things you didn’t use to notice in the past in your house hold. Like being irritable and short fused or the feeling of being alone even when you’re surrounded by family.
Oyinbo people get name for am, dem dey call am Men-O-Pause.
When a woman is moody, it’s hormones. When a man is moody, it’s work related stress, money problems, or just one of those days, right?
Maybe not!
An increasing amount of evidence points to an aging-related hormonal change in men that corresponds to the hormonal change in women known as menopause. Some call it “male menopause” which some believe is not entirely accurate but still gets the point across.
Much the same way women’s estrogen levels drop after a certain age, men’s testosterone levels decrease with age.
Testosterone is also known as androgen, and many doctors prefer the term “andropause” for this male condition or mid-life crisis, but all na the same pausing.
Anything wey pause, dey on hold.
So for many husbands, their sex life with their spouse is on hold. For some, this has been on hold for weeks, months and even years. Wahala dey o.
According to my research, testosterone decreases very gradually, in the area of 1 percent per year starting around age 35, don’t take my word for it, go ask your doctor or go read it up. So Na him be say my own don decrease by 30%? Kai!!!! See life.
Some of the symptoms are remarkably similar to those experienced by women in menopause, including moodiness, fatigue, thinking too much, depression, decreased sex drive. Hummm, my brothers, old age no fit hide sha, no matter the charlyboy in us.
So how do you know if your symptoms are related to Mid-life crisis/Menopause or to some other condition?
All I can tell you is to take a trip to the doctor.
My guy, this life funny o. See me, see menopause. Tufiakwa. I reject it in Jesus Name!
Now if you are the wife, there are a few things you can do to try and help get your husband back to the way he used to be before this sudden turn of events.
First, understand what you’re dealing with, both of you should see a doctor together.
It is not always correct for wives to allege that their husbands are not getting their sex games on due to escapades with a mistress. For some wives, they say fuck it, and find themselves a handy man.
Meanwhile, this is one of those times in a man’s life when his wife “should be” very sensitive and go further to research on the topic especially in these days of Internet.
Wives must help out by making extra effort not only to be sexy but to be the gentle aggressor in this time of need.
There are treatments for these conditions so partners must be open to talk about it.
Wives, what you never want to do is sit there and do nothing cause that will surely become the death of sex in your relationship.
But if you’re already getting your groove on somewhere else, never mind.
Most men may have problem with going to see a doctor and actually dealing with their problems, so the wife may have to find a way around that but, rest assured that seeking help will be more than worth it in order that both of you begin to feel jiggy again and better controlling the mood swings and other symptoms.
Precisely a month from now, the beautiful actress and mother is gonna be officially tying the knots with her new husband in Greece and it’s only right that the beauty continue to look really beautiful and happy before that time.
Stunning actress, Monalisa Chinda is glowing in this new photo of hers as she glows in an Ankara shirt and skirt – we certainly can’t get enough of her fashion sense though.
Facebook user Jasper Ndubuaku, shared photos of how his travail ended in praise after his sons experienced what would have been a tragic ordeal.
The father of three narrated how his sons were involved in an accident and his first son who had just graduated from Kings college, Lagos, on July 14, almost died from electric shock.
The boys had been travelling in an ABC bus when the incident occurred. A grateful Jasper however said neither the transport company nor the electricity company has contacted him.
See what he wrote below:
“The devil came calling. And GOD said NO. I’ve been in Lagos since Monday 25th July looking after my Son Who just escaped death and is lying critically ill in a hospital in FESTAC town.
My sons Obioha and Toby who are students of Kings college Lagos boarded an ABC bus to Owerri on Sunday the 24th of July at the Amuwo odofin park of the company. The bus which was supposed to leave did not depart until about 9 30 am only to break down at Cele bus stop, less than 5 km away.
Passengers in the vehicle testify that the motor mechanic in the bus confessed that he told the management that the bus was faulty and can not make that trip but was forced to follow the bus and effect repairs if it develops faults. On disembarking from the bus, my son was hit by the radiation heat of a 33 Kv armored cable which Eko Discos left uncovered and esposed. Gods work
no 1. My son survived the more than 4400kv eletric shock.
2. He was thrown into the canal by the shock where Good Samaritan passengers in the bus rushed and picked and dragged him up.
3 . His brother was in the bus and was cop posed enough to have borrowed a passengers phone to call me. A lot has happened between then and now but most importantly my son is alive. I have had the task of carrying him when he cannot walk.
He had undergone a major surgery on the leg and the consultant tells me he has to observe him for another week or two. Meanwhile I’m fixed here in Lagos to the exclusion of every other thing nursing him.
I remain most grateful to God that he spared his life. God is great. However I m shocked and surprised that ABC transport company that I handed my under aged sons to transport back to Owerri has as I post this not officially informed me of the where’re out of my children neither has the Eko discos on their attempts to kill my son.
The bills are on me according to the Doctor of the hospital my son is being treated. I will soldier on and save my son first. Every other thing will follow thereafter. Please help me all and thank God. Only He would have made this possible. May his name be praised.”
A beautiful young lady lost her life, following a ‘hit-and-run’ crash after going out to play the new game that’s taking over, Pokemon Go.
Tanami Nayler, 22, had gone out to play the augmented reality game when she was hit by a car and dragged more than 70 metres down the road and killed in Melbourne, Australia.
Police said her phone was in her pocket at the time after her and a friend had just finished scouring the streets to catch Pokemon characters on Friday night.
She was hit by a stolen Toyota Corolla before the driver allegedly sped away through a red light and later crashed into a tree and a telegraph pole.
Detective Inspector Stuart McGregor described the tragedy as ‘an absolute waste of life’.
He said:
“All she did was just walk across the pedestrian crossing, legally, and [she] has unfortunately paid with her life because of someone else’s behaviour.
“It’s fair to say that this is probably one of the lowest acts I think you can commit on the road. To me it’s just despicable.””Unfortunately, we’ve seen the worst of humanity where the driver has got out and just run away,” he continued.
“No attempt to assist, no attempt to concern themselves with the welfare of the person he has hit.”
Mr Davison could face up to 20 years behind bars if convicted on all the charges. The crash came just days after three teenagers were robbed of their phones at gunpoint in a London park while they were playing Pokemon Go.
The young victims – who were aged 15, 16 and 18 – were enjoying the popular augmented reality game Whittington Park in Holloway on Tuesday night.
The Ogun Police Command has arrested two notorious members of a deadly cult group terrorizing residents of Ago Iwoye and environs
The suspects identified as Omotola Amuda, 18 and Adesegun Mayowa, 20, were apprehended at Ago-Iwoye town in Ijebu-North Local Government Area of the state by officers on routine patrol. A bag containing locally made guns and cartridges was found in their possession.
The command’s Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi, Mr. Oyeyemi stated that the Commissioner of Police, Iliyasu Ahmed, had ordered that the suspects be transferred to the Special Anti-Robbery Squad in Abeokuta for further investigation.
Barely a week after a 35 year old Nigerian businessman, Ikejiaku Chinedu, was beaten to death by guards of a private security firm situated on the outskirts of Polokwane, Limpopo Province of South Africa, at about 8p.m on Tuesday July 25th, two other Nigerians, Gideon Ogalaonye and Nnamdi Michael have been killed in the country.
According to Ikechukwu Anyene the president of the Nigeria Union in South Africa, one of the victims, Gideon Ogalaonye who hails from Onitsha, Anambra was allegedly shot dead while on a visit to the home of his daughters while Nnamdi Michael from Enugu state was allegedly stabbed to death by a Zimbabwean who wanted to steal his mobile phone.
The Zimbawean has been arrested by the South African police.
John Dumelo has explained why he is still single and in no rush to get married. Speaking to newsmen in Lagos, the Ghanaian Actor said:
“I have seen a lot of people talking about marriage, a lot of people getting into marriage early, and divorcing early. I think people just love the idea of marriage but don’t know how to stay in marriage.
They like the idea of love but don’t have the idea of how to stay in love or be in love, so since I have some followers, I decided to put it in writing and advice people not to rush into marriage because your friends or cousins are getting married or because you want to have beautiful wedding pictures.
“Marriage is making it work and that is what is failing a lot of marriages these days because people go into it with the wrong mindset.
“These reasons are why I am taking my time before getting married and of course, there are plans of getting married soon.”
The New York Post has published photos of Melania Trump, wife of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump posing nude in a photo spread for a now-defunct French men’s magazine.
The Slovenian-born model, then 25 years old and known by her professional moniker Melania K, did the steamy photo session in Manhattan in 1995, according to Alé de Basseville, the French photographer who shot the sexy photos.
The images, some rarely seen and others never published, were obtained exclusively by The Post.
The bombshell photos show Melania wearing nothing but high heels and pouting for the camera, in a series of images shot from the front, the back and the side.
“Melania was super-great and a fantastic personality and she was very kind with me,” de Basseville told The Post, adding the former model never once felt uncomfortable posing for the nude pictures.
Melania’s sexy photo spread appeared in the January 1996 issue of Max, a French men’s magazine that went out of business in 2006. For de Basseville, the inspiration for the pictures was the Renaissance and a celebration of the female body.
“I think it is important to show the beauty and the freedom of the woman, and I am very proud of these pictures because they celebrate Melania’s beauty,” he said.
At the time of the shoot, Melania had just recently arrived in New York City from modeling stints in Paris and Milan, Italy. In Gotham she was booked for mostly commercial work and was later featured in an ad for Camel cigarettes, the source said.
When asked about the photos, Trump told The Post:
“Melania was one of the most successful models and she did many photo shoots, including for covers and major magazines. This was a picture taken for a European magazine prior to my knowing Melania. In Europe, pictures like this are very fashionable and common.”
A 50-year-old Chinese national identified as Si Guicai, committed suicide at his home in Itohan Avenue, Ikeja area of Lagos on Friday July 29th. Guicai allegedly hanged himself to the iron window of his apartment at 9:00 p.m. The reason behind his action is not yet known.
Confirming the incident, the spokesperson of the Lagos state police command, Dolapo Badmos said “One Si Guicai, a Chinese, allegedly hanged himself to the iron window in his room.
A team of policemen attached to Man-centre division visited, examined and photographed the scene, while corpse was removed and deposited at Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), Ikeja morgue for autopsy while investigation is ongoing.”
Pope Francis has refused to describe Islam as “terrorist”, because it is “not fair and not true”.
Francis was asked by reporters on the papal plane returning to Rome from Poland why he never used the word “Islam” when condemning killings by extremists like that of an elderly priest in France last week.
The Pope said “it’s not right to identify Islam with violence”, adding that every religion had its “little group of fundamentalists”.
He said that if he spoke of violent Islam, he would have to speak of violent Catholicism, since Catholics kill too.
Referring to the Islamic State group, Francis, 79, said it “presents itself with its violent identity card, but it’s not Islam”.
During his five-day pilgrimage in southern Poland he prayed privately in a church that God protect people from the “devastating wave” of terrorism in many parts of the world.
Francis told young people who flocked by the hundreds of thousands that they needed to “believe in a new humanity” stronger than evil and warned against concluding that one religion was more violent than others.
Afro hip-hop star Yung6ix links up with raved disc jockey DJ Timmy for new music.
The track is produced by Disally and christened “Respek On My Name”. The KKTBM rapper once again delivers fire ahead of the release of the lead single off his sophomore album which reportedly features pop star Davido. “Respek On My Name”, also features vocals from the guest DJ and is a stellar hip-hop number, which will be be a fan favourite.
“Respek On My Name” is mixed and mastered by GospelOnDeBeatz and it is a must listen!
First City Monument Bank Plc says its official, Olisa Nwakoby, who committed suicide on Friday in front of Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Church in Lekki, Lagos State, had personal challenges and became frustrated.
The bank, however, noted that neither the management nor colleagues of the deceased were aware of the challenges, adding that it was working with Nwakoby’s family and the police to unravel the nature of the challenges.
Forty-four-year-old Nwakoby, said to be the manager of the bank’s branch in Lekki, shot himself in the head over a bad debt estimated at N350m on Friday.
The deceased was said to have given out the sum as loan to a bank customer, who allegedly failed to service the loan.
He was reportedly under pressure from the bank’s management to repay the loan and became frustrated as he could not meet the demand.
But the Acting Group Head, Communications and Brand Management of the FCMB, Lola Egboh, who spoke with Punch on the telephone on Sunday, said the suicide had nothing to do with the bank, adding that she did not have the knowledge of any loan.
Egboh, who described Nwakoby’s death as shocking, said the bank would have come to his aid if it was aware that he had emotional challenges.
She said:
“It is rather unfortunate that the incident happened. Mr. Nwakoby was a member of staff of the FCMB. We are not aware that he was facing personal challenges, which led to the incident. As a bank that caters to the well-being of its workers, we have counsellors who could have helped him. This came as a surprise to us as it was to the public. It is such a trying time for the family; we have been in touch with them. There is a lot of speculations going on at the moment, a lot of them unfounded.
“We are working closely with security operatives and his family to understand what could have led to the personal challenges. I am not aware of any loan. I can’t comment on speculations.”
Efforts to speak with the family proved abortive as of press time. But a source close to the family said,
“They were too distraught to speak to the press now.”
The Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Dolapo Badmos, said a pistol and live cartridges were recovered from the scene, adding that Nwakoby corpse had been deposited at the Lagos Island Hospital’s morgue.
She said:
“At about 9.45am on Friday, one Olisa (Nwakoby) allegedly shot himself in the head with a pistol in front of Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Church on Northern Foresore Estate, Lekki.
“A team of policemen attached to the Ilasan division visited, examined and photographed the scene. The exhibit, a silver America pistol with five rounds of unexpended ammunition, was recovered to the station while the corpse was removed and deposited at a morgue for autopsy. Investigation is ongoing.”
President of the United Kingdom tattoo and piercing industry union, Rick Stevens has kicked against the consumption of the cheap Chinese inks as a way to avert more health hazard to the body.
Stevens said some of these products are not properly checked and this could eventually breed more harms to the body.
According to a report in the Metro, an online news portal, the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) also warned that some tattoo inks may cause allergies, itching and even a risk of cancer on their bodies.
The report suggested that tattoos involve scratching, etching, burning or superficially cutting designs, pictures, or words into the skin as a permanent body modification.
In the process of body scarification, scars are formed by cutting or branding the skin by varying methods and sometimes using further sequential aggravating wound-healing methods at timed intervals (like irritation) will cause wound healing to scar more and not scar less.
Stevens therefore advised consumers to pick their colours carefully, adding: “Before you decide to get yourself inked, you might want to think about what you are actually putting into your body, Cancer is a group of disease involving abnormal cell growth with the potential to invade or spread to other parts of the body.”
A Brazilian drug lord, Jarvis Chimenes Pavao who is serving an eight-year prison sentence has been discovered to be doing his time behind bars in a ‘VIP cell’ – complete with a plasma television, a kitchen, three rooms and a DVD library.
Pavao was imprisonned in Tacumbu prison in Asuncion, Paraguay, after being found guilty of money laundering charges.
Yet the jail which is notorious for its terrible living conditions and frequent violence, seemed to have created a luxurious haven for Pavao, who is considered to be one of South America’s deadliest and most feared drug lords.
Photos reveal an expansive three room ‘cell’ consisting of a bedroom, living room and kitchen.
The gangster had an en suite bathroom, a treadmill and a big-screen plasma TV, wardrobes, conference room, air conditioning, tiled walls, furniture, and library.
But Pavao’s cushy life behind bars came to an end at his own doing, after officers began to suspect he was planning to detonate a bomb in order to smash through one of the jail walls and escape.
Investigators flooded the Brazilian’s cell in search of the explosives on Tuesday night, but instead found his luxury prison pad.
After the raid, Pavao’s lawyer said the lifestyle her client was able to lead while locked up was proof of how deeply corrupt the Paraguayan prison system had become.
Nigeria’s popular singer, Tiwa Savage, might soon be loosing the love of many of her Nigerian fans as a result of a recent occurrence which has made people accuse her of joining the the controversial Illuminati cult.
At the One Africa Music Festival event last Friday, Tiwa Savage made Nigeria extremely proud as she put up a stellar performance electrifying the audience with her vibrant voice and flexible waist.
However, the accolades are soon fading away after she obviously displayed the widely assumed Illuminati sign at the end of her thrilling performance in Brooklyn.
The assumption was fueled yesterday when the Mavin queen shared the trailer of her upcoming US tour. In the middle of the the short clip, concentric triangles were visible, and as if that was not enough, she threw up the ROC sign, a homage and confirmation of her recent music deal with famous American rapper and business mogul, Jay-Z, owner of Roc Nation who has been fingered to be a prominent member of the Illuminati.
Fans believe the ‘Roc’ sign – the diamond-shaped hand signal famously used by Jay Z and artistes associated with him – to be an indication that she has joined the Illuminati.
The video clip is currently trending on social media and fans are calling out Tiwa Savage for an official explanation.
The Illuminati is an elite organization of world leaders, business authorities, innovators, artists, and other influential members of this planet.
The coalition unites people of influence drawn from all political, religious, and geographical backgrounds to further the prosperity of the human species as a whole.
While many of its operations require anonymity for the safety of its members, it strives to create a better understanding between its members and the people it has been entrusted to protect.
Unlike most people who worry about earthly things, YBNL singer, Adekunle Gold, has revealed that his greatest fear is the thought of not making heaven.
The singer disclosed this in an interview with Tribune News’ Joan Omionawele, published on Saturday, July 30, 2016.
The ‘Sade’ crooner, who recently disclosed that he is not leaving YBNL, was asked about what his greatest concern is.
He said,
“Before now, my greatest fear used to be failure, till I learnt and thought that even if the worst thing happens, you will learn and get better and do something even better, so now, my greatest fear is not making heaven.”
He was however unable to express where he is a born-again Christian or not when his previous comment brought up the subject.
“I think born-again is relative, but yes, I am a Christian.”
The Igbo Traders Association, ITA, in Kano state has demanded for justice over the gruesome murder of Tochukwu Iro by police officers in Sabon Gari, Kano State on Wednesday, July 27.
Tochukwu Iro, a patent medicine dealer was shot by trigger-happy police officers attached to the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS, of the Kano state Police Command.
According to eyewitness accounts, the 40-year-old married father of two children from from Orumba South Local Government Area of Anambra State was allegedly killed at about 12 noon Wednesday along France Road, opposite First Baptist Church in Sabon Gari area of the state.
One of the eyewitnesses who spoke to International Centre For Investigative Reporting(ICIR)
“On Wednesday afternoon, at about 12 noon, we saw Tochukwu walking along the road, as he tried to negotiate Illaro Road, two armed police men walked up to him. They came with tinted glass car. They stopped the car close to First Baptist Church, crossed the road and ordered Tochukwu to stop. When he stopped, there was a mild argument between him and the two armed men; and one of them who was wearing Kaftan brought out a branded police rifle and shot him. When traders around started shouting, the same man shot into the air and bundled the victim into a waiting tricycle, while his partner crossed the road, dashed into the car and zoomed off.”
Speaking during an emergency Press Conference organized by the Igbo Traders Association at the Abubakar Rimi Market, chairman of the traders, Chief Emmanuel Amadi disclosed that Iro died at Murtala Muhammad Specialist hospital Thursday afternoon after a failed operation.
“On that Wednesday, I was attending a market Board meeting with General Manager of Abubakar Rimi Market, security chiefs and other stakeholders when I received a call that one of our members was shot by the police along France Road. I immediately told the market management and they asked me to get more details over the incident. We made arrangements to ensure that he was taken to hospital for treatment.
“Around 9 p.m. on that Wednesday, I put a call across to Murtala Muhammad Hospital and I was told that he was responding to treatment. On Thursday morning, I called the hospital and was told that he was taken to the theatre for operation; but it was so sad that this afternoon (Thursday), we got the news that he could not survive the gun shot. As I am speaking to you now, Tochukwu is dead.
“I have his file here and I can attest to the fact that he was a peace-loving man. We have never known him as a criminal and that is why we wondered why such an innocent man could be killed in such a gruesome manner. Since the news of his death, we have not rested.
“The youths were here in our office this afternoon in protest over the killing of their brother. They are demanding for justice. On our own, we have pleaded with them not to take laws into their hands; and all we are saying is that the killers of Tochukwu must be made face justice” he stated.
The Kano Police Command Public Relations Officer, DSP Magaji Musa Majia, who confirmed the incident claimed that the deceased was shot because he refused to stop. A statement issued by the command below:
“The Kano State Police Command wishes to inform the public that on 27th July, 2016 at about 1200hrs a team of operatives attached to Special Anti-RobberySquad (SARS) based on tip off along France Road, stopped one Ogochukwu Augustine `m’ of Odutola Street S/gari but he refused to stop. He was subsequently pursued and while trying to escape, he was shot at the hipbone and immediately rushed to Murtala Specialist Hospital where he gave up the ghost while receiving treatment. The Commissioner of Police Kano State Alhaji Rabiu Yusuf has directed for immediate arrest and detention of the team leader and his men for interrogation at the State CIID Kano. He also summoned the Elders of Igbo Community in Kano where he sympathizes with them and assured that Justice will be done. The Commissioner of Police also stated that his primary assignment is to protect life and property and will not condone any Police personnel who risk the life of innocent citizens. The outcome of the investigation will be made public as soon as investigation is completed before further action taken”
I am okay financially, living well and self made. I met Halima on a trip to Dubai.
Hai! Halima is beautiful. Her smooth flawless skin, her dove shaped innocent eyes, her well rounded figure! Kai! Allah! Halima is an Egyptian goddess.
I couldn’t withstand the bulge that greeted my zipline as I watched Halima saunter her way passed the queue with her luggage.
I hurried to her and after a few quick jokes she gave me her number. We started to talk and I realised that Halima owns a fashion school here in Maitama.
I went there and was impressed by how classy the place was. Halima looked as splendid as ever and while we talked all I could think about was how our lips would feel locked together.
Her father is late, he died eight years ago, so I was eager to see the woman that single handedly made Halima into the wonder that she was. And I was not too surprised.
Halima’s mother was as stunning, or even more stunning than Halima. Her wrinkle free, milky white skin would make even the most reverent of reverends rethink his vows. Her luscious well formed lips. Her long flowing natural hair, like a million tears have held their hands, just to cry again. I got married to Halima in one of the spacious chapels in central Abuja, and my world was joyous.
After our first daughter was borne, Halima’s mother decided to come live with us for a while. I was impressed by how even at forty eight, she was quite trendy and chic.
We developed a good rapport and all was fine…Till Halima’s mum started making passes at me.
I started noticing how she touches me, long lingering touches that suggest more than what they at first glance, would imply.
Nowadays, whenever Halima is not home she would wear a short towel and sit in the parlour, opposite me, her open thighs spreading now and then.
Recently, towel clad and wearing nothing within, she came and sat in my laps and asked me to rub her, complaining about how it ached.
I am trying my best to respect myself but the temptation is becoming unbearable and I don’t know how to tell Halima about this.
What if she doesn’t believe me? Afterall it’s her mother for God’s sake! Yesterday, she ran out of the bathroom naked, screaming that she saw a rat. I checked thoroughly and there was nothing.
Former Vice President and stalwart of the ruling All Progressives Congress, Atiku Abubakar, has affirmed his loyalty to President Muhammadu Buhari.
The former Vice President stated strongly that his loyalty to President Buhari remains unshaken.
Atiku described as a load of hogwash a newspaper report alleging that he has formed a new political platform.
The report had alleged that Atiku was forming the platform under which he intended to run for President in 2019.
The paper also alleged he had selected Ondo State Governor, Olusegun Mimiko, as his running mate.
Media Adviser to Atiku, Paul Ibe, in a statement said the report bore the features of a political hatchet job planted by his opponents.
He described them as desperately trying to invent events in order to draw a wedge between him and President Buhari on one hand and the APC leadership on the other hand.
According to Mr. Ibe, the report was,
“…an incompetent product of fiction, so shallow and vacuous that even its authors could not validate its credibility with reliable and verifiable sources.
“Some people of bad faith trying tooth and nail to spread the seeds of discord in the party, and destroy the much needed unity, harmony and cohesion, which are the pillars of strength for every political organisation.”
Mr. Ibe said despite all the smear campaigns and reputation lynching and sponsored falsehoods, Atiku’s loyalty to President Buhari and the APC leadership would not be shaken an inch.
He said Atiku would ordinarily have ignored the malicious report, but rather he chose to react.
Otherwise, his silence could be mistaken as an admission of the falsehoods published against him.
This can be confirmed by checking on Jamb’s website www.jamb.org.ng where you’d notice the “Check where you’ve been posted for admission” Link has been removed.
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The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) on Sunday, disclosed that it has withdrawn a recommended admission list sent to universities and other tertiary educational institutions.
The examination body had compiled lists of successful candidates at the 2016 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) it conducted and forwarded same to various institutions.
According to Premium Times, the compiled admission list which has now been withdrawn, was intended to guide the universities and other institutions in releasing their respective admission lists.
A statement signed by JAMB’s spokesperson, Fabian Benjamin, confirmed the withdrawal of the admission list. A portion of the statement said:
“This is to ensure that the University Senate perform its statutory responsibility of conducting the selection of candidates and refer it to JAMB for confirmation in line with the admission criteria of merit, catchment and educationally disadvantaged states as directed by the Hon Minister of Education at the policy committee meeting.
“The earlier list was sent to help fast track the process of admission so as to allow other tiers of institutions also conduct their admission.”
Benjamin urged candidates not to panic and described the withdrawal of the admission list as a proactive step.
“Candidates should not panic because this is part of the process of the 2016 admission exercise. JAMB regrets any inconvenience this decision would have caused the tertiary institutions.
“The Board regrets any inconvenience it’s proactive step would have caused the tertiary institutions.”
There have been a number of policy announcements concerning the 2016 admission exercise, sometimes contradictory.
The federal government earlier announced a ban on screening examinations and directed universities to admit students with their UTME results.
JAMB subsequently announced an end to the use of cut-off marks in compiling admission lists and introduced a new points basis system for the admission exercise.
With the new withdrawal of its admission list sent to the institutions, it is yet to be known by what means students will be admitted for the next session which commences in a few weeks.
A small basket of tomato, which sold for N25,000 in May, is now going for N800 in Kaduna. And, no, it is not a joke.
It had been all anger and pain for households as the price of tomatoes hit the roof across the country as a result of scarcity caused by tuta absoluta, also known as ‘tomatoc ebola’.
This affected the crop in most parts of the north-west, notably Kaduna, Jigawa, Katsina and Kano states.
As a result, the basket prices jumped from the range of N800-N1200 to between N25,000 and N40,000 at the height of the crisis.
At the Line Dogo (Rail Line) tomatoes and vegetable market in Kaduna on Saturday, it was a beehive of activities.
Buyers could not believe their eyes as tomato prices had crashed to a two-month low.
Abass Mai Tumatur, chairman of the tomato sellers, told TheCable it was a “pleasant relief” for everyone as tomato is now available and in large quantities.
Mai Tumatur: Things are getting better
“Tomato scarcity is nothing new, but it was made worse this year by the invasion of the moth,” he said.
He said the insects mutate more during the dry season but don’t survive during the rainy season.
“The rains coupled with the efforts of government have helped tremendously in making tomato available,” he said, praising the government for the “timely intervention”.
He assured the public that the fear is gone now “and hopefully for good”.
Farmers were left stranded and helpless as the moth ravaged their farms and left destruction across the farming community, making a pot of soup as expensive as gold.
Hotels and restaurants, in particular, faced a nightmare as the crisis also shot up the price of canned tomato paste.
Many were not aware of the reasons for the scarcity as frantic efforts were made to to address the situation.
Nasir el-Rufai, the Kaduna state governor, declared a state of emergency and dispatched officials to Kenya to find ways of tackling the ravaging insects.
The cost of the destruction in the state, according to el-Rufai, was close to N1 billion.
Audu Ogbeh, minister of agriculture and rural development, also commissioned experts to find solutions to the disease outbreak “as soon as possible”.
The insect originated from South America around 1912 and has spread to other parts of the world.
Reports suggest the insect came to Africa through Republic of Niger.
