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The CHANGE Which We All Yearn For Will Surely Come - President Buhari's Easter Message To Nigerians

Fellow Nigerians,

I rejoice with you all, especially our Christian brothers and sisters, as we celebrate Easter.

For Christians all over the world, this celebration is in commemoration of the supreme sacrifice which Jesus Christ made for the salvation of mankind.

The Gospels also tell us that during his earthly ministry, Jesus Christ repeatedly urged his disciples and followers to "love one another as I have loved you".

As we celebrate Easter this year, I sincerely believe that it will serve our dear nation very well if we all imbibe this essential message of Jesus Christ and truly learn to love our countrymen and women as we love ourselves.

Indeed, we will surely make faster progress towards the achievement of the peaceful, united, strong, progressive and prosperous country we all desire if, as a nation, we eschew all divisive, parochial, ethnic and religious sentiments and rivalries, and begin to live more harmoniously with our compatriots, as Jesus Christ and the founders of the world's other great religions enjoined mankind.

Our unfortunate notoriety in recent years as a country where the blood of men, women and children are wantonly and callously shed in frequent orgies of criminal, political, ethnic and religious violence has become very embarrassing and utterly unacceptable.

My administration is determined to achieve greater peace and security across our nation by ending the avoidable conflicts and crises that hinder our national progress.

I ask for greater support from all Nigerians in this regard. We must put a stop to politically motivated killings. Our communities must be made safe again for all inhabitants to live together in peace and harmony.

Our armed forces, police and other security agencies are being progressively reformed, repositioned and empowered to win the war against terrorism and make mass killings, abductions and other criminal atrocities things of the past in our beloved country.

Let us all also play our parts as patriotic citizens and do all that we can to ensure that we make Nigeria a safer, more peaceful and happier place for its people and others.

Faith, belief and the fulfillment of expectations are also key themes of the Easter celebration. I urge you all therefore, to continue to have faith in the future greatness of our country and to believe that the CHANGE my administration promised will surely come to fruition.

That CHANGE, which we all yearn for, will certainly occur more rapidly if we all place the love of our country above selfish personal and group interests.

The National Assembly has just passed the 2016 budget. I assure all Nigerians that wwill do our utmost best to ensure that the budget, the first since my election as President, is efficiently and successfully implemented towards achieving our objective of faster economic growth and development.

I thank the vast majority of Nigerians for their patience and understanding in the first ten months of this administration.

As we go forward, I assure you all that we are working very hard to overcome the challenges we encountered on assumption of office.

We are moving on with an unshaken resolve and determination to deliver on the mandate you gave us on March 28, last year.

I wish you all very happy Easter celebrations.

Muhammadu Buhari

March 26, 2016

8 Months Old Baby Remanded in Prison Because of His Mother's Crime

 The President of the Nigerian Women in Clergy and Overseer of the New Wine Ministries World Wide, Nonnie Robertson, visited Suleja prison to celebrate her birthday. According to her she decided to visit the prison because she had heard about some people who have been incarcerated for committing petty crimes and unable to meet their bail conditions or pay the fine set for their release. 

She said she was shocked to see children in prison with their parents. She said she didn't think it was fair for children to be incarcerated for crimes committed by their parents.

She said:

"There is an eight-month-old baby in this prison. I asked myself why? What was the crime? The mother is incarcerated! And you know what it means for a child to grow up in prison environment where there is no good food, no clothing, no baby food, and no good medical care. Is a child who grows up in that kind of environment not condemned for life?”

“I was really shocked when I saw the eight month-old-baby. The woman lives on dry food, that is, garri that outsiders provide for them. They don’t give them food. They depend on what people take to them. That is what they share among them and they drink garri even in the morning with little or no sugar. You can just imagine! There are many children living in this condition in Nigerian prisons but people would not know. There are issues. I weep for this country”. 

“I always like to do things differently. I heard about what I could describe as ‘forgotten’ victims in Nigerian prisons; though I didn’t take it seriously because I was not led by the spirit; I prayed over it and few, days to my birthday, God asked me to visit prisons. The first prison that came to my mind was Kuje prison, because, ignorantly, I thought that was the only prison around. But we later went to Suleja prison and we met inmates whose cases were poverty-driven crimes. Some are there serving jail terms with the options of N5, 000 to N15, 000 fines but they can’t afford it and nobody to help. This is why I call them the ‘forgotten victims’. 

"We have people that have looted billions of naira in this country, yet they have their freedom and sailing around the world. This is sad”.

Photo of The Day : Olajumoke's Photos Used in a Church as Banner

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Hilarious : Sheep Arrested by Police After it Killed Another Sheep During Fight(Photo)

 Somali journalist and humanitarian worker, Rooble Mohamed shared this photo of a sheep on his twitter alleging that the animal is currently in police custody for killing another sheep during a fight. 

"#Somaliland: A sheep is in Police custody after it killed another sheep in confrontation. Sheep's fate is not clear". 

"Ibinabo Is A Criminal, Not Fit For Public Office And Would Go To Jail For A Second Time" - Emeka Ike Blast

  

 Nollywood actor Emeka Ike is speaking even though his counterpart Ibinabo Fiberesima is in jail and he is now assumed to be the new AGN president.

 The actor said, he has always told people the AGN seat wasn’t fit for Ibinabo because she had a criminal case in court, but people wouldn’t listen to him. He went as far as saying, the actress might even be jailed a second time in his own case and clarified that he has no hand in her current sentence. He said this and more to Saturday Beats;

Speaking on his alleged victory in court after Ibinabo was sentenced, Emeka said; “My victory at the court has nothing to do with Ibinabo’s predicament. This case is different and if Ibinabo is going to go to jail for my own case, they should come and beg me. Instead of them to come and beg me, they are still going to the press to say all sorts of rubbish about me.

There is still a second jail term for Ibinabo. It is called contempt of court and it would also include Segun Arinze.

People have threatened to kill me but I am not scared of them. I am waiting for them and I would look them in the face and tell them that they are evil and I am righteous. I did not take the issue to the police but straight to the court and I am happy that justice has been served. Anyone that ties Ibinabo’s plight to my victory is only trying to blackmail me and I know they would not stop blackmailing me.

How can anyone say that I sent Ibinabo to jail? Am I the Giwa family or the government?”

Speaking on Ibinabo’s sentence to jail, Emeka said;

“How can I be happy that Ibinabo has been sentenced to jail? I feel very bad. The people saying that I am happy about the sentence are actually Ibinabo’s enemies. This is a lady that was used because of the powers she could garner and control.

Some people were using her and now that they have messed her up, they are still using her in prison.

Ibinabo would never say that Emeka Ike sent her to jail, it is impossible because she knows why she is there. What I was only telling Nigerians is that people of Ibinabo’s status do not contest for any public office. Should we stop telling the truth? She had a criminal issue in court. Let’s leave sentiments, we have to be realistic. I cannot be happy about her predicament because it is rather unfortunate that she is surrounded by the wrong people and advisers; she was surrounded by sycophants. Instead of them to tell her how to solve her problem, they were pushing her to jail and now that she is in jail, they will not leave her alone.

Why did they not advise her to form a team and go to Giwa’s family house and roll on the floor for forgiveness? They could have sent her away for days but they would not send her away forever. We are a cultural people, I am sure that after going repeatedly, an elder in the family would plead on her behalf and say something like, ‘our son is dead and nothing can bring him back, let us just forgive her.’

She should have been very remorseful but she wasn’t. We told Nigerians that some of us would not agree but they began to call us names because we took the matter to court,” he said.

However, when Saturday Beats contacted the Public Relations Officer of the Ibinabo-led AGN, Moji Oyetayo; she said that the case did not involve Emeka Ike neither did the judgement validate him as the President of AGN.

She added that the guild intends to keep quiet over the present situation of Ibinabo because they believe she will be out soon.

“The statement making rounds purportedly issued by one Femi Durojaiye who claims to be the National Secretary of the Actors Guild of Nigeria is a misinterpretation of justice and is capable of causing chaos in our noble Guild. Our application for stay of execution in the judgement for the case between St. Maradona and AGN at the Federal High Court Lagos was dismissed yesterday. It has nothing to do with Emeka Ike and his cohorts.

It’s a complete misinformation and distortion of facts, borne out of desperation to cause confusion in the Guild. There is an appeal on the same judgement pending at the appeal court and we have up to 30days to file another motion for the stay of execution as granted by the Federal High Court. Our application was not dismissed for lack of merit but as a result of some mistakes in the filing process.

Why all the hues and cries? People should not be too desperate for power without being sensitive to the mood of the Guild members who are in prayer mood praying fervently for God’s intervention over the unjust predicament of President Ibinabo Fiberesima.

After all, we are professional actors and not politicians. The struggle to lay claim to power at all cost is tarnishing our reputation”.

Judge Impregnates Woman 3 Months After Dissolving Her Marriage

 The details of a scandal, which led to the suspension of a Lagos State Customary Court Judge, Mr. Razak Adeyeri, have come out, as the parties in the issue – the estranged couple and the judge – explained what happened in one of the most controversial cases in Lagos customary courts in recent times.

Ayeni had alleged that the judge, Mr Adeyeri, hurriedly dissolved his marriage and later married his wife, Doyin, when they started having marital problems and approached his court to resolve the issue.

Adeyeri and Doyin got married at the Orile Agege registry in Lagos on December 31, 2015.

Ayeni, who runs an education advisory company in Egbeda, Lagos, had initially called for help to get custody of his two children, whom he said were taken away from him and made to live in the house of the judge.

He said, “When I married my wife, I invested N5m in her school business. But the success of the business caused problem. I could not control her again.

“She had to move out of the house and rented an apartment in our area. After 10 months, I took her to court, thinking I would be able to resolve the matter through an alternative dispute resolution. But the judge, Dr. Ishola Adeyeri, hurriedly dissolved my marriage and impregnated her three months after the dissolution of my marriage.

“What really pained me was that the ruling was obnoxious. He denied me access to my children. He ordered that I could only see the children on the school premises once in a week. He took over the business I started with the woman. He still wanted to send me to jail. He had been using the police to harass me. He brought the police to my house and I was detained at Abbattoir Police Division.”

Saturday Punch learnt that Ayeni was later arrested in February and charged to court for alleged assault and planning to kill Adeyeri.

He said he spent two days behind bars at the Kirikiri Prison after he was remanded. He was again charged for assault in another court, which he was unjust.

The day after he was released, he said the police again came for him and he had to flee his home because he feared for his life.

“He used his office to destroy my marriage. He dissolved my marriage in February 2015 and my ex-wife gave birth to his child in March 2016. That shows he impregnated my wife just three months after he dissolved our marriage,” Ayeni had said.

But he has finally got custody of his children.

After several phone calls to get Adeyeri’s comment on the issue, he later sent a text saying, “I am sorry, I am not obliged to talk to the press.”

When Saturday Punch reached out to Doyin, who is the founder of Greatest Kiddies Foundation, a private school in Egbeda, Lagos, her own version of the story was completely different from her ex-husband.

She alleged that Ayeni did not get the custody of his children legally but that he invaded her school and took the children forcibly.

Reacting to Ayeni’s allegations, the woman told Saturday Punch that there was no truth in the claims that her ex-husband invested N5m in her school business.

She said, “We got married about seven years ago, but my school has been in existence for 12 years. He did not invest a dime in my business.

“He lied by saying I took his children to another man. He was the one who threw me out of his house with the children, saying they were bastards.

“We started having problems when I had a miscarriage and he beat me afterwards. He said I had used the unborn child for rituals. He also took me to court and asked for divorce.”

But when asked if it was the same judge, who ordered their marriage dissolution that she remarried, she said, “Don’t I have the right to remarry whoever I like after he divorced me? If I was impregnated by the judge, was it when I was still in his house? We had separated since 2013. We were formally divorced February 2015. I remarried in December 2015. I have freedom to marry whoever I chose to marry.

“He has continued to threaten my life. People in the neighbourhood can testify to this. I am away from the school now because on March 1, he came to beat me up in the school. I landed in the hospital. I was forced to labour on March 8. The very day he wanted to send me out of his house, he beat me. I have never had a rest of mind since 2013.

“What else does he really want from me? After all, he said he was not interested in the relationship again. Since he came to forcibly take the children from the school, I have not set my eyes on my children.”

But the Lagos Judicial Commission seems to have a different opinion on the issue as Saturday Punch gathered that Adeyeri was recently suspended after a complaint was lodged against him.

The commission was said to have summoned him and Ayeni, before deciding that the judge had taken an action that amounted to misconduct. There are unconfirmed reports that he has been finally sacked.

The spokesperson for the commission, Mr. Moses Akinniyi, told our correspondent that he was not in a position to either confirm or deny the dismissal of the judge.

He, however, said that the case was indeed brought before the commission.