There Was No Marriage Between Yinusa and Ese But She Is Pregnant For Him - Yinusa's Father

Dahiru Bala, biological father of Yunusa Yellow, the young man believed to have kidnapped a Bayelsa teenager, Ese Oruru Wednesday has declared that his son never cohabited with Ese Oruru. According to him, this was “because of embedded contraption that are highly offensive to my religion” and that “there was no marriage between his son and Ese Oruru. Vanguard had gathered from very reliable sources that she was 5 months pregnant, and that was why she wore a white Hijab dress on her arrival from Kano on Tuesday. Speaking to PremiumTimes, the father of Yunusa Yellow, on Wednesday gave details of how his son met and took the teenager to Kano in 2015. Dahiru Bala, 55, told PREMIUM TIMES in his Tofa village home in Kura Local Government Area of Kano State that sometime in 2015 his son called to inform him about his plan to come with Miss Oruru from Bayelsa State.
“When he told me about the plan to come with a girl from Bayelsa to Kano, I asked him not to,” the man said.
“But he insisted that Aisha had become a Muslim, fell in love with him and wanted to marry him. I still warned him against coming with her,” he said.
Mr. Yunusa’s father said his son, being the domestic servant of the Orurus, fell in love with their daughter and that both agreed to travel to Kano.
“Yunusa ran errands for Aisha’s family and at the same time riding commercial motorcycle to earn a living. They fell in love in the house and eloped to Kano,” he said.
Mr. Bala said while he had strictly opposed his son’s decision to come to Kano with Miss Oruru, his son informed him that the girl had threatened to commit suicide if she was not allowed to travel with Yunusa to Kano. He said Ese decided to travel because he was afraid Yunusa was getting married to another person in Kano.
“Still, I warned him against coming with her,” the father said. “Surprisingly, the boy called me the following day to announce his arrival with Aisha, saying they were on their way to my house. “On hearing this, I then quickly rushed to our village head to inform him about the development. The village head then said I should take them to his house immediately after arrival. They arrived late at night, so she passed the night in my house. “The following day, we went together to the village head of Tofa, who then led us to the house of his superior, the district head of Kura. “On arrival at Kura, the district head studied the case and ordered that we be taken to the emir’s palace in the city.
“When we arrived at the palace, the emir was away in Saudi Arabia, but the Wambai of Kano [a senior councillor in the palace], directed a palace guard to take us to Shari’ah commission office. Aisha was then taken into custody by the Shari’ah office. “From that day, the officials kept calling to draw our attention that she cried every day that she wanted to see my son. On Thursday same week, the family of Ese arrived from Bayelsa and on Friday the Emir came back from Saudi Arabia. Emir looked at the complication of the case and after interviewing the family of Ese, who told him that she was still 14 years old and she could not decide for herself, and since Ese was crying that her family might kill her because she converted to Islam, the Emir ordered that we were taken to the police office [Zone 1 Police Headquarters, Kano].
“At the police office, and before Ese’s family, the girl cried that her life was in danger and that she rather died than go back with her family. In sympathy, the police said Aisha should be taken back to Kura.
“Back in the village, I took her to the house of the district head. I refused to let them stay together in my house since they were not married.
“The district head then enrolled her in both Western and Islamic schools,” Mr. Bala said.
According to him, Miss Oruru accepted Islam in the house of the district head.

Ese Oruru was reunited with her family on Wednesday, following the intervention of the Inspector General of Police, Solomon Arase, who ordered that she should be taken to Abuja, Nigeria’s capital where her mother joined her from Bayelsa. -

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I WON’T GIVE NIGERIA ANY LOAN, IMF BOSS TELLS BUHARI

The Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, Christine Lagarde, on Tuesday said given the determination and resilience so far displayed by President Muhammadu Buhari and his team, Nigeria does not need any loan from her organisation.
Lagarde who is currently on a four-day visit to Nigeria said she is

not in the country to negotiate loans with conditionality.
The IMF boss spoke with State House correspondents shortly after holding a closed-door meeting with Buhari; Vice President Yemi Osinbajo; and some key ministers inside the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
Others who attended the meeting included the Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun; Minister of Budget and National Planning, Udo Udoma; Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi; and Minister of Works, Housing and Power, Babatunde Fashola, among others.Lagarde said although Nigeria did not need IMF loan, fiscal discipline is needed for the country to be sustainable.
She said, “Let me make it clear that I am not here (in Nigeria) nor is my team in this country to negotiate a loan with conditionality.
“We are not into programme negotiations and frankly at this point in time, given the
determination and resilience displayed by the President and his team, I don’t see why an IMF programme will be needed.
“So of course, discipline is going to be needed, of course, implementation is going to be key
for the objectives and the ambitions to serve the country well, in order for it to be actually sustainable.”

She said the IMF believed that with clear primary ambition to support poor Nigerians, there could be added flexibility in the monetary policy, particular if oil price slumped for longer period as expected.
She said the organisation’s position was that Nigeria should not deplete its reserves simply because of rules that would be exceedingly rigid.
While saying that she was not suggesting that rigidity be totally eliminated, the IMF boss argued that some degree of flexibility would be enough.
Ladarge observed that since her last visit to Nigeria four years ago, the country had witnessed a number of changes in the areas of democracy and economy.
She noted that Nigeria had become the largest economy in Africa, the most populated and with a very attractive market.
She however regretted that things have changed in a more complicated way in the sense that the source of revenue to the government of which was predominantly oil had seen its price reduced by more than half.
She also noted that the financing cost around are beginning to rise only because the economic situation in the United States has improved and interest rates will begin to rise.
On her meeting with Buhari, Lagarde said she and her team had excellent discussions with the President and they discussed the challenges ahead stemming from oil price reduction.

Brian McFadden Heartbroken model Vogue Williams says her life is in turmoil after Brian McFadden marriage split

The 30-year-old said she had always dreamt of being a wife and mother but following her split from the singer she feels like all her hopes have been dashed.

Since the break-up Vogue has been questioning what she’s going to do with her life and fears over the future have worsened anxiety issues she has always struggled with.Vogue added: “My head’s all over the place. I feel like I don’t have a goal. Everything that I wanted is sort of gone.
“I wanted to be married and I wanted to have kids for so long and now that’s sort of gone, and I’m like, ‘What do I do now?’
“I’m trying to figure out where I’m going with my life and that causes a lot of anxiety.”
In the summer the pair revealed they were parting after nearly three years of marriage.
Despite announcing the break-up on Twitter, she and Brian, 35, continued to live together for months and were pictured going to several celebrity parties together.
While their split appeared to be amicable, Vogue hinted she doesn’t get on as well with her former flame as she seems to.
But she refuses to publicly criticise Brian because she doesn’t want to upset his daughters – Molly, 14, and 12-year-old Lilly-Sue – from his marriage to former Atomic Kitten star Kerry Katona.

Vogue said: “It’s not as easy as it looks and we do have our problems.
“But I would rather not put it out there. I just think it looks bad for everyone involved.
“Brian has two kids, I get on very well with them and I’d hate for them to see us publicly bash each other.”
he UK-based reality star, who left her home with Brian a few months ago to settle into her new flat, also told VIP magazine she doesn’t see the singer as often as it seems – except for when it comes to their pet pooch Winston.
She added: “We’re not in contact all the time.
“We do share a dog though so we will always see each other.”

Dangote Settles Olamide & Donjazzy Beef, As Olamide Prostrates Before Don- Laila

How Olamide Prostrated Before Don Jazzy After Aliko Dangote Made Them End Beef
Nigerians were shocked 3 days ago when Olamide and Don Jazzy had a big fallout at the Headies 2015 while on Live International TV, and the fight spilled over to Twitter and made a bloody mess.
Fast forward to two days later, a huger, bigger surprise lay in wait. The two super icons at the same time on Instagram and Twitter, released a photo along with a statement that said they had reconciled.
Their fans and colleagues were excited but if you re among those who have been wondering how this reconciliation happened, I’ve got the gist for you.
Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote was the brain behind the reconciliation. No, Vic O wasn’t
involved either.
I’m told that the picture we all saw of Olamide & Don Jazzy shaking hands was taken at Aliko’s place. Aliko Dangote stepped in for there to be peace. I’m also told that Olamide prostrated himself for Jazzy. Yes, my guy was shocked too when Olamide did that. All thanks to Dangote.
I’m told Jazzy has been angry since the incident happened, infact he wasn’t even talking to people.
He was angry especially because Olamide did something similar last year when Reekado Banks got the Headies 2014 Rookie award.
If you recall, the undisputed street King went on stage to receive his award at the 2014 Headies and while giving his speech for the “Best Rap Album of the year ”, he clearly stated his displeasure for the omission of his Label mate and protege “Lil Kesh” in the Rookie of the year Category, the category which was won by Mavin’s Reekado Banks.
Olamide took the mic said some stuff in Yoruba and then added “I dedicate this award to my nigga “Lil Kesh” for the Rookie of the year , Bleep that sh*t” and then returned the mic.
Fast forward to 2015, my source says everybody that was sitting next to Jazzy was sad Olamide did what he did. I hope you know Olamide and Tiwa did a song together on her recent album plus Teebillz, Tiwa’s husband, I’m told, really loves and respects Olamide. I’m told the video of the song has not been finished sef, Olamide’s part has not been done sef.
People were not just happy that Olamide conducted himself in such a manner. That was why Jazzy said all he said on the podium. He had been pushed to the wall.
Olamide, you all already know, destroyed things back in Headies’ green room. I’m now exclusively told he also punched someone.
Anyways… Dangote called Jazzy, got Olamide’s number from him and then he called both parties to his house for the settlement.
And, EVERYONE is cool now sha.
My source says Reekadobanks will release a new single this January. His label did not expect to win Headies’ Next Rated.

My grand road, electricity vision, by Fashola

WITH fresh ideas, the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Raji Fashola, is set to revolutionize the country’s infrastructure.
The minister, who spoke yesterday in Abuja while unveiling his agenda for the three sectors under his purview, noted that a large percentage of the difference in the proposed 2016 budget would go to capital projects.

On the electricity sector, Fashola called for patience from Nigerians, regretting the reforms proposed in the Nigeria Electricity Power Sector Reform (EPSR) Act did not take off till November 2013, eight years after the enabling law came into being.
Highlighting the problems in the sector, Fashola said: “There are a number of issues that beset our gas sector such as the environmental issue and the availability of gas infrastructure such as pipelines and the matter of pricing which are all the responsibility of other ministries.
“Subject to budgetary approvals and financing, the Ministry of Petroleum indicates its ability to build certain critical pipelines to transport gas to the power plants that will add another 2,000 mw to our stock of power within 12-15 months.
“Of course the appropriate pricing of gas and its impact on tariff is another matter entirely. If the local market was offering $1.30 per unit of gas, which has been reviewed recently to $3:30, and the international market is offering about $4:00 and above, your guess is as good as mine where supply will be available and where it will be short.
“For emphasis and clarity, let me state that the previous administration had actually approved the tariff in January 2015, but did not fully implement it.”
He also announced that the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) and the electricity distribution companies had been mandated to meet and come up with what he described as ‘fair market tariff’.
In the meantime, he appealed to Nigerians over the upcoming electricity tariff increase, stressing that a good tariff system would guarantee good electricity supply.
The former governor of Lagos State, however, insisted that the Discos must commit to certain conditions in the area of providing meters, transformers, expansion of network, among others, in line with the proposed new tariff order.
He was also emphatic that priority would henceforth be given to local meter and transformer manufacturers in procuring the items for the sector.
On whether a cartel of generator importers is hindering the growth of the sector, he said: “There is no evidence that generator dealers are a cartel in the power sector. They have been filling a gap and I have no doubts that they have the capacity to adapt.”
He stressed the key targets in the electricity sector: “Apart from these, there is a 10MW wind energy project in Katsina nearing completion, a 215MW plant in Kaduna and the 3,050 MW plant in Manbilla, Taraba State all of which need to be completed.
“Our first priority is to get contractors to finish ongoing transmission contracts to enable us to transport the electricity being generated to the Discos to distribute.
“Our second priority is to ask the governors to help us identify and enumerate their most populous industrial and commercial clusters where manufacturing, fabrication, welding and related productive work is going on, especially by small businesses and to see how we can use the existing legal framework to attract embedded power supply to these people who must be ready to pay for the power.”
Speaking further on efforts to boost transmission, he added: “We have identified a total of 142 projects of which 45 are at 50% level of completion and about 22 can be completed within a year.”
He noted that about N40 billion would be needed to complete over 22 major transmission companies across the country, admitting however, that the existing budgets for TCN could hardly do much.
Fashola also said efforts were ongoing to amicably resolve the lingering impasse between Geometric Power and the new owners of the Enugu Electricity Distribution Companies over the 144 Aba Independent Power Plant project as the matter had been brought to the attention of President Muhammadu Buhari.
In the Works sector, Fashola said work on the Second Niger Bridge had resumed in earnest while stressing that immediate attention would be on about 200 road contracts that were abandoned because of funds constraints.
His words: “Records available from previous budgets show that the last time Nigeria budgeted over N200 billion in a year for roads was in 2002.
It seems that as our income from oil increased, our spending on roads decreased.
“Our ability to achieve connectivity of roads depends on capital spending in 2016 to pay contractors and get them back to work.”
He went on: “Our short-term strategy will be to start with roads that have made some progress and can be quickly completed to facilitate connectivity, prioritising the roads that connect states and those that bear the heaviest traffic.
“As at May 2015, many contractors have stopped work because of payment, and many fathers and wives employed by them have been laid off as a result.”
On workers laid off by construction companies, he stressed: “Some of the numbers from only four companies that were sampled, suggest that at least 5,150 workers have been laid off as at March 11, 2015; and there are at least 200 contracts pending, on the basis of one company per contract.
“If each contractor has only 100 employees at each of the 200 contract sites, it means at least that 20,000 people who lost their jobs can return to work if the right budget is put in place and funded for contractors to get paid.
“The possibility to return those who have just lost their jobs back to work is the kind of change that we expect to see by this short-term strategy.”
He added: “In order to make the roads safer, we intend to re-claim the full width and setback of all federal roads, representing 16% and about 36,000km of Nigeria’s road network by asking all those who are infringing on our highways, whether by parking, trading, or erection of any inappropriate structures to immediately remove, relocate or dismantle such things voluntarily. This will be the biggest contribution that citizens can offer our country as proof that we all want things to change for the better.
“For clarity, it is important to say that although the state governments own 18% of the total road network of about 200,000km, while the local governments own the balance of 66%, the 16% owned by the Federal Government carries an estimated 70% of the total traffic because of their length, width and inter-state connectivity.”
On government’s plans for the housing sector, he drew attention to its resolve to adopt the Lagos Home Ownership Mortgage Scheme (HOMS) model.
Fashola said: “If we complete our ongoing projects, and we get land from the governors in all states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) to start what we know, using the LagosHoms model, we should start 40 blocks of housing in each state and FCT.
“We expect state governors to play a critical role here, by providing land of between 5-10 hectares for a start, with title documents, and access roads or in lieu of access roads, a commitment that they will build the access roads by the time the houses are completed.
“We see this leading to potential delivery of 12 flats per block and 480 flats per state, and 17,760 flats

Home / News / Metro / Lagos shuts religious houses, hotels over noise pollution Lagos shuts religious houses, hotels over noise pollution

Lagos State government yesterday shut 29 churches and six mosques across the state over noise pollution and other environmental offenses. The clampdown, carried out by men of the Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency (LASEPA), also closed about six hotels and nightclubs, three factories, four companies and a few residential apartments.
Managing Director of LASEPA, Adebola Shabi, said the exercise was to enforce state environmental laws that prohibit air and noise pollution on account of religious activities, use of public addressing system, and activities of power generating sets in residential and industrial areas.
Shabi said prior to the forced closure, affected churches, mosques, companies among others had been invited for sensitisation to make them know standards in the state and given directives to comply. But most of the public complaints kept coming back as if the agency and government were not responsive, so “we have to act and enforce the law.”

Among the churches shuts for noise pollution were Christ Apostolic Church, Ireti Ayo, Idimu; Cornerstone Youth Church, Surulere; Anglican Church of Nativity, Okota; Cherubim and Seraphim Church, Jakande Estate, Lekki Expressway; Redeemed Christian Church of God, Kayode Street, Onipanu (for noise pollution and refusal to honour invitation).
The list also included Prophetic Intervention Ministry, Ogba; Land of Oil Prophetic Ministry, Ifako-Ijaye; The Lord’s Chosen Charismatic Ministry, Ojokoro, Lagos; Lord’s Chosen Charismatic Revival Ministry, Adekunle, Yaba; Life line Assembly Church, Okota, Isolo; Jesus the Burden Bearer, Okota, Isolo and Believers’ Inn International Church, Ifako-Ijaye among others.
The religious centres, depending on size, are liable to a fine of N50,000 to N100,000. About 100 out of the 6000 religious house in the state have been shut in the last couple of months.
The General Manager added that Lagos has its laws and standards on environmental issues, which include acceptable standards noise levels. During the day, approved standard is 55 decibel for residential areas and 45 at night. The standard is 90 decibel in industrial areas during the day, and 80 at night. In mixed residents where there are both residential and commercial set ups, it is 65 during the day and 55 decibel at night.

Pistorius granted bail after murder conviction

SOUTH African Olympic athlete, Oscar Pistorius, has been granted bail while he awaits sentence for murdering his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, in 2013.
Judges changed his conviction from manslaughter to murder last week. He has already served one year in prison.
Pistorius now faces a minimum sentence of 15 years’ imprisonment, if he fails in a bid to overturn his conviction.
He intends to mount an appeal at the highest court in South Africa, the Constitutional Court.
This could see delays of many more months, reported the BBC at the high court in the South African capital, Pretoria.
Now that Oscar Pistorius has been granted bail, it must have come as a huge relief that he will spend Christmas at home. Sitting in court, I was left with an impression that the judge was not interested in imposing strict conditions.
Pistorius himself looked relaxed, chatting and laughing with his legal team during the brief adjournment while the judge was considering his fate.
The double amputee’s bail application also revealed that he had enrolled to study “a BSc business with law degree” at the London School of Economics – but the university says it does not offer that degree or correspondence courses.
Pistorius indicated in court documents that he intended to lodge an appeal to the highest court in the land. This would be the very last legal avenue available for the disgraced athlete to overturn his conviction.
Bail has been set at 10,000 rand ($700, £450). Pistorius was deemed not to be a flight risk by Judge Audrey Ledwaba.
Pistorius can remain under house arrest at his uncle’s home until sentencing next year, and will be electronically tagged. He also has to hand over his passport.
He will be able to leave the house between 07:00 and midday, but will only be able to move within a 20km (12 miles) radius.
He is currently under house arrest after spending one year of his original five-year sentence in jail.

EFCC arraigns Dokpesi for laundering N2.1bn, fraud

Ade Adesomoju, Abuja

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Wednesday arraigned a former Chairman of DAAR Communications Plc, Chief Raymond Dokpesi, before a Federal High Court in Abuja on six counts of money laundering  and procurement fraud related charges.

Dokpesi who was arraigned along with his firm, Daar Investment and Holdings Ltd, pleaded not guilty to all the six counts.

After Dokpesi took his plea on Wednesday, Justice Gabriel Kolawole ordered that he be remanded in EFCC custody pending the hearing of his bail application by 12.30pm on Thursday.,

The prosecution led by Mr. Rotimi Jacobs (SAN),‎ accused the defendants of receiving, N2.1bn from the office of the National Security Adviser between October 2014 and March 19, 2015 for the Peoples Democratic Party’s presidential media campaign in breach of provisions of the Public Procurement Act, Money laundering Act and the EFCC Act.

Justice Kolawole has fixed trial for February 17, 18 and March 2 and 3.

Tupac Shakur is Alive he Returned from Cuba 2015

 Tupac Shakur who was supposedly killed at the age of 25 is now admitting he has been hiding this whole time.
It was Shakur whoin 1996 was reportedly attending a special event in Las Vegas, the Mike Tyson-Benson fight, and then afterwards was brutally murdered. A day or so later he is autopsied, then quickly cremated. There is no funeral. Nor is there any record of a tribute or memorial. Now we know exactly why it was because Tupac Shakur was never killed it is unclear why he has been hiding. This story is still under development but Tupac has already been spotted with Celebrities.

Former Minister of Petroleum Resources arrested in London

She was arrested for corruption related offences, and is currently being investigated by the UK National crime Agency.

Diezani Alison-Madueke, Minister of Petroleum Resources during the President Goodluck Jonathan's administration has been arrested in London on Friday, October 2, 2015.

According to Premium Times, She was arrested for corruption related offences, and is currently being investigated by the UK National crime Agency.

However, The British High Commission have confirmed that some arrests have been made on basis of corruption, but are yet to reveal the identity of those involved.

Joseph Abuku, Press and Public Affairs Officer of the The National Crime Agency said that 5 people between the ages of 21 and 60 have been arrested on suspicion of bribery and corruption offences but did not identity of those involved.

“This morning, five people between the ages of 21 and 60 were arrested on suspicion of bribery and corruption offences. The crimes are being investigated by the National Crime Agency." Joseph said.

“The National Crime Agency does not confirm identity at arrest nor provide information that could be used to corroborate the identity of an arrested individual.” he added.

Meanwhile, Mrs. Alison-Madueke has been out of the country since Buhari has been sworn in as president.