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Thursday 30 July 2015
How Indian Films, Hubert Ogunde Inspired Me into Filmmaking—Mike Bamiloye.
The
name, Mike Bamiloye is not new to many people conversant with Christian
movies in Nigeria. In the early 90s, his faith-based films were hot
cakes and they...
Pastor Marvin Sapp Elevated to Bishop
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joins others across the globe sending congratulatory greetings to
Pastor Marvin Sapp on his elevation to the office of Bishop. The
consecration ceremony was held during the gathering of the Global United
Fellowship gathering in Jacksonville, Florida on July 10th.Bishop Sapp is currently enjoying the success of Yes You Can, the hit single which hit #1 on the Mediabase chart. Yes You Can comes from his fourth #1 album You Shall Live released by RCA Inspiration on June 2nd.
The Clark Sisters and Kierra Sheard Guest on Greater Emmanuel Live Recording August 17th
Of
course, we knew it was bound to happen, and now we know when. August
17th will more than likely go down as a historic moment when proud
pastor Bishop J Drew Sheard presents the Greater Emmanuel Institutional
Mass Choir in a live recording. If you remember, Greater Emmanuel’s 1994
CD The Sun Will Shine Again peaked at number 30 on the Billboard Top
Gospel Albums charts and produced the radio hit Get the Glory. Of equal
importance is the fact that Greater Emmanuel is the spiritual home of
Detroit’s leading ladies, The Clark Sisters (Karen Clark Sheard serves
as first lady), BET Sunday Best Judge Kierra Sheard and J Drew Sheard
III.As anticipated, the Clark Sisters and Kierra will make guest appearances on the CD and GEI minister of music and decorated producer Derrick Starks will share production duties with J Drew Sheard III. Starks, who is a former music director for the Trumpet Awards and contributed to the Stellar Award nominated Temple of Deliverance Women’s Choir project is the composer of several chart topping compositions including So Many Times, He Brought Me and Take It Back (all recorded by Dorinda Clark Cole) which was celebrated by BMI as 2010’s Most Performed Gospel Song of the Year.
Songwriter and Producer Rickey Grundy Passes
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others around the world saddened with news of the passing of Rickey R.
Grundy. A master musician and composer, Grundy’s rise to prominence came
with the recording of his song, Call Him Up (Can’t Stop Praising His
Name) by Keith Pringle and the Pentecostal Community Choir. His
compositions dominated Gospel music over the next 2 decades in
recordings by the Gospel Music Workshop of America Mass Choir, Ron
Kenoly, Ann Nesby, Willmington Chester Mass Choir, Rodnie Bryant, Bishop
Larry Trotter and others. Rickey’s choir, the Rickey Grundy Chorale
would go on to record for Sparrow Records and in later years, Rickey
served as music director for Andrae Crouch.
Church where people worship nude!
VIRGINIA evangelical church the White Tail Chapel
has introduced a new phenomenon to Christian
worship by asking its congregation to serve the
Lord the way God created them by worshipping in
the nude.
Based in Ivor in the southern state of Virginia, the
church asks all its worshippers to cast off all their
material concerns including clothing when they
come to worship. White Tail describes itself as a
family nudist community where visitors can enjoy
all manner of activities, including spiritual worship,
completely natural or nude.
Justifying the church's approach to faith, Pastor
Allen Parker said that many of Jesus’ most
important moments happened while he was naked.
Recently, the church even conducted a marriage in
the nude with couple Katie and Robert Church
taking their vows in the nude.
Pastor Parker said: “When Jesus was born he was
naked, when he was crucified he was naked and
when he arose he left his clothes in the tomb and
he was naked. If God made us that way, how can
that be wrong?
“I consider this a gift and a privilege God has
given me as our members are caring,
understanding and they’re community and family
oriented. We have one of the most involved chapels
anyplace around. I’ll put our church up against
others around.”
Robert Church also justified getting married in
the nude, saying that White Tail Chapel lacks the
pretence sometimes found at other places of
worship. He added that nudity is a great equaliser
as it becomes impossible to judge someone based on
their expensive or shabby clothes if they are not
wearing any.
P/H, Warri Refineries Begin Daily Production Of 8.5m Litres Of Petrol
This was contained in a statement issued yesterday where the corporation revealed that while the Port Harcourt refinery is ramping up its operation to about 60 per cent of its 210,000 barrels per day name plate capacity, Warri refinery production is projected to hit 80 per cent of its installed 125,000 bpd capacity.
“The nominated partners, as sole-bidders came up with humongous price offers after two years of thorough and exhaustive scope of work definition and price negotiations. The proxies were also unwilling to provide post- rehabilitation performance guarantees,” the statement said.
It added however, that the phased rehabilitation strategy which entailed simultaneous rehabilitation of all the refineries using in-house and locally available resources in line with the Nigerian content law, also involved the use of original equipment manufacturer representatives to effect major equipment overhaul and rehabilitation.
The corporation informed that the rehabilitation programme which started in October 2014, after the required funding stream was established, created a 70 per cent reduction in costs which helped largely in mitigating the financing challenges of refinery rehabilitation.
With the successful re-streaming of these refineries, attention has now moved to the 110,000 barrels per day Kaduna refining and petrochemicals company which is billed to come on stream soon, the NNPC said.
This comes as the corporation also disclosed that it has successfully recovered the System 2B pipeline which was breached last week at Arepo, Ogun State.
Alegbe noted that the team of engineers who were deployed to the scene of the incident were able to access the pipeline after the fire was put out and commenced repair work immediately.
“Pumping of products through the system commenced on Monday upon successful completion of repair work over the weekend.
We also wish to call on all those engaged in the criminal acts of pipeline sabotage and oil theft to desist in order to avoid such horrendous deaths as was witnessed in the recent incident,”.he said.
Ooni Of Ife: Ademiluyi Family Set To Produce Successor
But as the Council battled to dispel the report of the revered monarch’s death, news emerged that the Osinkola ruling house, one of the four ruling houses in the ancient city, is poised to produce the next Ooni.
LEADERSHIP reliably gathered that the battle for succession has been narrowed down to the Ademiluyi Royal Family in the town regarded as the cradle of humanity by the Yoruba.
There are four ruling houses in Ile-Ife, namely Lafogido, Giesi, Ogbooru and Osinkola. The Ademiluyis are the main branch of the Osinkola dynasty.
While Oba Okunade Sijuwade is from the Ogboru ruling house, his predecessor, Oba Adesoji Aderemi, was from Giesi ruling house.
Elders from the Osinkola/Ademiluyi family, however, declined comment on the succession plan.
Our impeccable source said the reported demise of Oba Sijuwade at the St. Mary’s Royal Hospital in Paddington, London, after a brief illness on Tuesday, has thrown up at least five members of the Ademiluyi family as top contenders.
The names currently on the lips of the family include those of Princes Ademola Ademiluyi, an octogenarian, lawyer and a close confidant of Chief Rasaq Okoya (chairman, Eleganza Group); Yinka Ademiluyi, a septuagenarian socialite, and Gboyega Ademiluyi, said to be in his late sixties, but suave, cultured and a highly successful oil magnate
Others are Prince Adebambo Ademiluyi, in his mid-sixties, ex- Kings College graduate, and Prince Kanmi Ademiluyi who is in his late 50s.
It was learnt that, Kanmi, the maternal scion of the Lagos Peregrino family and former editor of The Punch may be difficult to discountenance in the selection of a new Ooni.
He is said to have close affinity with the All Progressives Congress and is extremely close to both the Osun State Governor Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola and the national leader of the APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu.
It is forbidden to express aspiration to succeed a reigning monarch, but there is no denying that all eyes have turned in the directions of the Osinkola ruling house to produce Oba Sijuwade’s successor.
In Yorubaland, it is unheard off and indeed a taboo for anybody to aspire to the throne of a sitting monarch. Hence, nobody wants to be identified with such aspiration.
There has been no formal announcement of the death of Oba Sijuwade, who was reportedly flown to London last week unconscious from Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, in an air ambulance.
Ife, the Source And the Oba’s Immortality
Ooni, the title of the traditional ruler of Ile-Ife, ranks at the forefront of traditional institutions in Yorubaland by virtue of the position of Ile-Ife as the cradle of Yoruba kingdom.
Its dynasty goes back to over a hundred years back, with fifty monarchs having ascended the throne.
Historically, Ife is where the founding deities, Oduduwa and Obatala, began the creation of the world, as directed by the paramount deity, Olodumare.
Obatala was said to have created the first humans out of clay, while Oduduwa became the first divine king of the Yoruba nation.
Other Obas in the line include Osangangan Obamakin, Ogun, Obalufon Ogbogbodirin, Obalufon Alayemore, Oranmiyan, Ayetise, Lajamisan, Lajodoogun, Lafogido, Odidimode Rogbesan, Aworokolokin, Ekun, Ajimuda, Gboonijio, Okanlajosin, Adegbalu, Osinkola, Ogboruu, Giesi, Luwoo, Lumobi, Agbedegbede, Ojelokunbinrin, Lagunja, Larunnka, Ademilu, Omogbogbo, Ajila-Oorun, Adejinlejila, Olojo, Okiti, Lugbade, Aribiwoso, Osinlade, Adagba, Ojigidiri.
Others are; Akinmoyero who reign between 1770-1800, Gbanlare (1800–1823), Gbegbaaja (1823-1835), Wumonije (between 1835-1837), Adegunle Adewela (1839-1849), Degbinsokun (1849-1878), Orarigba (1878–1880), Derin Ologbenla (1880–1894), Adelekan Olubuse (1894-1910), Adekola (1910, Ademiluyi Ajagun (1930-19800), Adesoji Aderemi (1930-1980) and Oba Okunade Sijuwade, Olubuse 11 (1980-2015).
Sijuwade: Controversial In Death
Nigerians woke up yesterday to hear again the news of the demise of Oba Okunade Sijuwade, Olubuse II, the Oonirisa of Ife and Oluaye of Yorubaland.
While the Royal Traditional Council (RTC) of Ile-Ife yesterday said the paramount ruler was alive and in good health, news reports indicated that the royal father passed on to eternity at the St. Mary Royal Hospital in Paddington, West London, after a brief illness.
The Ooni was reportedly flown to London last week unconscious from Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, in an air ambulance.
“Kabiyesi was flown out of the country about five days ago in an air ambulance. He was unconscious; his situation was critical. As a matter of fact, some people have been weeping in the palace since the weekend because of his situation when he was flown out from Ibadan in that air ambulance,” an impeccable source close to the revered monarch revealed.
Oba Sijuwade was said to have breathed his last at about 7:30pm on Tuesday. He was 85-years-old.
Ooni is hale, hearty – Royal Traditional Council
Addressing newsmen in the House of Chiefs located within the premises of Ile-Oodua Palace of the Ooni, the Lowa of Ife, Oba Joseph Ijaodola, who spoke in Yoruba, said the report in the media that the monarch died in a London Hospital of an undisclosed ailment was untrue.
The secretary of the RTC of Ife and Ladin of Ife, High Chief Adetoye Odewole, further asserted that the Ooni was hale and hearty and that he even spoke to the chiefs on the phone few hours earlier (yesterday).
Odewole added: “Those behind the death story are enemies of Ife and, as I speak with you, chiefs have not heard anything like that. This is not the first time such rumour will be carried about our father.
“They did it in 1984, also in 2004 and now these people are coming up with another rumour. Oba Sijuwade remains in sound state of health.”
Speaking in a similar vein, the chairman of Ife Development Board, Prof. Muib Opeloye, said Ife, as a town with rich tradition, has its way of managing its affairs.
Opeloye maintained that the royal father was preparing for his son’s wedding, and urged people not to panic and to go about their normal daily activities.
Many may be wondering why the death of a mortal is shrouded in mystery, but, traditionally, a king (an oba in Yorubaland) does not ‘die’; Obas join their ancestors.
Why Aregbesola Keeps Mum
Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola
When Sijuwade’s predecessor, Oba Adesoji Aderemi, ‘ascended into the loft’ on July 3, 1980, his death was not announced until July 7, 1980, as demanded by the esoteric tradition of Ile-Ife where about 401 deities are worshipped all year round.
Ile-Ife competes with Egypt as the origin and custodian of a robust civilisation. According to tradition, the Ile-Ife Traditional Council is the only body that has the right to announce the demise of a sitting monarch and it is also the body saddled with the responsibility of nominating the successor.
The then governor of the old Oyo State, Chief Bola Ige, had ‘goofed’ by announcing on the floor of the Old Oyo State House of Assembly that the king was no more. His action was roundly condemned by the Ife traditional council which claimed that it was their traditional responsibility to announce the death of their monarch.
However, since the deed had been done, the traditional council went ahead with the burial rites and, thereafter, embarked on the selection of a successor.
Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola Is An Ijesaman Like Ige
The Osun State government has not issued any official statement on the Ooni matter.
Director, Bureau of Communication and Strategy, Office of the Governor, Mr Semiu Okanlawon, was not willing to utter a word about the alleged demise of the late businessman and socialite who ascended the throne of his forebears almost 35 years ago.
However, our correspondents learnt that the state government and the traditional council were waiting for official announcement by the palace chiefs.
How The Obituary Will Be Announced
Among the kingmakers in Ile-Ife are the Ejiro, the Obalufe and the Obaloran, who today are traditional rulers in their right courtesy Oba Okunade Sijuwade’s tenure as the Ooni of Ile-Ife.
Immediately after the death of Ooni, it is expected that the Sookolekun, who is the head of the Ife Princes, is saddled with the responsibility of informing the traditional council officially.
The traditional council will then carry out some cultural and traditional rites before the death of the monarch is announced to the public.
The council, after declaring the demise to the public, will now declare the markets in the ancient town closed and a seven-day mourning period declared.
It is expected that all the property of the late monarch must have been removed from the palace before the announcement of the death, as whatever was left of his property belongs to the palace immediately his demise was announced.
But Saraki Tweets His Condolence As State Assembly Mourns
Earlier yesterday, Senate President Bukola Saraki tweeted:
‘Saddened to learn of death of Alayeluwa Oba Okunade Sijuade (Ooni of Ife); my deepest sympathy to the royal family pic.twitter.com/wnBysf9cXs
— Bukola Saraki (APC) (@bukolasaraki) July 29, 2015.
Also, the Osun State House of Assembly has expressed its sympathy to Governor Rauf Aregbesola, the state Council of Traditional Rulers and Chiefs, the people of ancient city of Ile Ife and the immediate and extended families of Oba Sijuwade.
In a statement issued by the Speaker’s spokesman, Goke Butika, the parliament through by the Speaker, Najeem Salaam, “expressed his regret and shock at the transition of the natural ruler to the silent land of his forebears’, saying that “the engine room of royalty and the custody of Yoruba cosmology has just been temporarily grounded by the clog of death.”
Salaam then celebrated the life and times of the great king, stating that the monarch exuded unique royalty, almost equivalent of imperial culture, which could not be rivalled while he called the shots on the revered stool of his fathers.
“The parliament then sent its condolence to the governor over the loss of the monarch and prayed that the Supreme Eludumare, the Cherisher of Aiye, would rest the late natural father,” the statement added.
Indigenes, Residents Mourn, Palace Gates Shut
On hearing the news of their ebullient monarch’s death, hundreds of natives and residents of Ife converged on the entrance of the palace but were prevented from entering by guards. However, the entire ancient town remains calm with people going about their normal businesses.
The sympathisers began arriving at the palace as early as 6:30am to ascertain the veracity of the report from palace chiefs, but they declined to speak.
They callers were, however, turned back at the entrance by palace guards, while the gate was shut. Many sympathisers gathered in groups a few metres from the palace gate, discussing the development in hushed tones.
Ife has a tradition of the people looting the palace of a king that has passed away. But the tradition could not be executed when Sijuwade’s predecessor, the illustrious Oba Adesoji Aderemi, died.
When the private secretary of the Ooni, Mr Saka Awojoodu, was approached to react to the development, he simply said: “I have nothing to disclose.’’
Mr Bisi Oduyemi, one of those who was at the palace, said he came to find out whether the news of the monarch’s passing on was true.
Meanwhile, the entrance of Ooni’s palace was shut to visitors. Only newsmen, chiefs and relations of Oba Sijuade were allowed into the premises.
How The Next Ooni Will Emerge?
In Yorubaland, it is unheard off and indeed a taboo for anybody to aspire to the throne of a sitting monarch. Hence, nobody wants to be identified with such aspiration.
Prince Adekunle Aderemi, son of former Ooni Adesoji Aderemi, in a published interview, recalled that his “father became king through an unwritten system in 1930. At that time, the laid down selection process was not written down. In Ife, I’d say, we have one ruling house. Ajibogun is subdivided into three: one is Sokola, another is Ogbooru (where the present Ooni came from) and then Agbedemore, sometimes called Ooni Afogido.
“In those days, the two sections of the chiefdom – right and left – would sit down to decide among the children of the Ooni who to succeed him. But things have changed. The government has created what is known as Chieftaincy Gazette of 1956; that was the first time we have recorded and documented that a chief can ascend to any throne in Yorubaland.”
Asked whether Ifa (corpus) method of choosing a royal father is no longer in use or relevant in Yorubaland, Prince Aderemi said it had not been jettisoned.
“No, it has not been jettisoned but has not been properly done. The only time they would have tested that system, it failed. It is an old system. It would have been the turn of Agbedemore. So far, I don’t know what they have in record. If it’s the right system, I think the best thing is to allow the chiefs pick their choice among the children of the ruling house,” he advised.
Between Ife And Kano
The pictures of the immediate past Emir of Kano, Alhaji Ado Bayero, are seen in different parts of the Ooni’s household. The Emir and the Ooni were like Siamese twins, almost inseparable. Their friendship was palpably solid and it extended to their children such as Prince Nasiru Ado Bayero (currently the Turaki Kano and one of the strongest contenders to the throne) and Prince Adetokunbo Sijuwade, the eldest child of the Ooni and his Crown Prince.
The late Emir Ado Bayero was such a wonderful networker and he broke down barriers of ethnicity and religion. He was a devout Muslim while his famous friend, the Ooni, was a full-fledged Christian. This difference in faith never affected their relationship adversely. Their religious tolerance would later get both into trouble with the then Buhari military junta when they travelled to Israel in contravention of a ban slammed against the country.
As an Oba, Sijuwade was involved in several political controversies, one of which was his position on the 12 June, 1993 election, when he prevailed on his Yoruba kinsmen to abandon the struggle for its actualisation. He was roundly vilified. It was the same manner of resistance to Boko Haram that saw the insurgents making attempt on the life of the late Emir Ado Bayero in his domain.
While the ordeal might have rattled them in a way, they remained strong, resolute and united. Theirs was a bond cemented in heaven and concretised on earth, a didactic lesson for our current and future leaders.
Sijuwade’s Unfilled Dream
One of the late Ooni’s sons, Adegbite, is set for his traditional marriage with ace television presenter and actress, Dolapo Oni.
The wedding was scheduled next Sunday. The wedding introduction was held a few days ago at the Oni’s family compound in Lagos.
In the interim, the leading chiefs of Ile-Ife and numerous Lagos-based citizens, chiefs and lovers of the ancient city, like the Asiwaju of Ile-Ife, Chief Alex Duduyemi; Chief Omidiora, Major Biodun Doherty, other chiefs “from the source”, Chief Sola Faleye, Prince Demola Dada, Chief Tony Soetan, Chief Femi Adeniyi Williams, etc, are awaiting confirmation or denunciation of the grapevine snipes.
His Life & Times
Ooni Of Ife
Adelekan was the first Ooni to venture out of his domain. At the invitation of the colonial governor he visited Lagos in 1903 to give his ruling on whether the Oba Elepe of Epe was entitled to wear a crown – which was earlier refused by Oba Akarigbo of Remo. Oba Adelekan was the father of the late Adereti Sijuwade, the father of Oba Sijuwade Olubuse II, and his mother was the late Yeyelori, Emilia Ifasesin Sijuwade.
He studied at Abeokuta Grammar School and Oduduwa College in Ile-Ife. He worked for three years in his father’s business, then for two years with the Nigerian Tribune, before attending Northampton College in the United Kingdom to study business management. By the age of 30, he was a manager in Leventis, a Greek-Nigerian conglomerate. In 1963, he became sales director of the state-owned National Motors in Lagos.
After spotting a business opportunity during a 1964 visit to the Soviet Union, he formed a company to distribute Soviet-built vehicles and equipment in Nigeria, which became the nucleus of a widespread business empire. He also invested in real estate in his hometown of Ile Ife.
By the time Sijuwade was crowned Ooni in 1980, he had become a wealthy man.
Sijuwade was a Christian. In November 2009, he attended the annual general meeting of the Foursquare Gospel Church in Nigeria, accompanied by 17 other traditional rulers. He declared that he was a full member of the church, and said all the monarchs who accompanied him would become members.
At his birthday celebration two months later, the Primate of the Anglican Communion described Sijuwade as “a humble monarch, who has the fear of God at heart.”
When Sijuwade became Ooni of Ife in December 1980, he inherited an ongoing dispute over supremacy among the obas of Yorubaland.
In 1967, a crisis was resolved when Chief Obafemi Awolowo was chosen as the leader of the Yoruba race. In 1976, the governor of Oyo State, General David Jemibewon, decreed that the Ooni of Ife would be the permanent chairman of the State Council of Obas and Chiefs. Other Obas, led by the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi, said the position should rotate. The dispute calmed down when Osun State was carved out of Oyo State in August 1991, but the ill-will persisted.
In January 2009, Sijuwade was quoted as saying that Oba Adeyemi was ruling a dead empire (the Oyo Empire, which collapsed in 1793). Adeyemi responded by citing “absurdities” in Sijuwade’s statements and saying the Ooni “is not in tune with his own history.”
Adeyemi, permanent chairman of the Oyo State Council of Obas and Chiefs, was conspicuously absent from a meeting of Yoruba leaders in April 2010.
Towards the end of 2009, a more local dispute between the Ooni, the Awujale of Ijebuland and the Alake of Egbaland was finally resolved. Sijuwade traced the dispute back to a falling out between Obafemi Awolowo and Ladoke Akintola during Nigeria’s First Republic, which had led to a division between the traditional rulers.
He noted that the traditional rulers were an important unifying force in the country during the illness of President Umaru Yar’Adua.
In February 2009, Sijuwade helped mediate in a dispute over land ownership between the communities of Ife and Modakeke, resolved in part through the elevation of the Ogunsua of Modakeke as an Oba. The new Oba, Francis Adedoyin, would be under the headship of Sijuwade.
In July 2009, Sijuwade said he was concerned that Yoruba socio-cultural groups such as Afenifere and the Yoruba Council of Elders were taking partisan positions in politics.
In January 2010, he attended a meeting of the Atayese pan-Yoruba group, which issued a call for a truly federal constitution in which the different nationalities in Nigeria would have greater independence in managing their affairs.
Oba Sijuwade was a great family man. Like most Africa royalties, he was a polygamists and is survived by three wives, children and grand children. Olori Monisola Sijuwade is his first wife and also the Yeyeluwa of Ife. The other two are Olori Dolapo Sijuwade, the CEO of Dalora Ventures, and Olori Ladun Sijuwade.
The children include:
Prince Tokunbo Sijuwade
Prince Gbade Sijuwade
Princess Kemi Sijuwade
Prince Adegbite Sijuwade
Princess Adedotun Sijuwade
Again, Demolition Hits Nyanya Market
For the first time, the popular Nyanya Market, along the Nyanya-Keffi
Road, which holds every Wednesday, could not hold yesterday, after it
was cordoned off by armed security officials who were overseeing the
demolition of illegal shops and attachments.
Traders and buyers who come to the market every Wednesday from far and near were thrown into confusion following the operation, claiming they were not aware of the development till they arrived the market yesterday.
Many of the traders were seen going back home with their goods as they could not find a place from where to sell their goods.
A trader, Mrs Ada Obinna, disclosed to FCT Watch that said she couldn’t even afford to pay her fare back home to Enugu, because she made no sale for the day.
“I come to Nyanya Market every Wednesday from Enugu. I sell food stuff; fufu, vegetables, cocoyam, palm oil, snail and other local spices. After market every Wednesday, I join the night buses and return to Enugu, but, today, since I came, I have not been able to display my goods. As u can see, they are still inside the bag. I don’t know how I am going to go back home today because I don’t have any money. I have not sold anything,” she said, close to tears.
Traders and buyers who come to the market every Wednesday from far and near were thrown into confusion following the operation, claiming they were not aware of the development till they arrived the market yesterday.
Many of the traders were seen going back home with their goods as they could not find a place from where to sell their goods.
A trader, Mrs Ada Obinna, disclosed to FCT Watch that said she couldn’t even afford to pay her fare back home to Enugu, because she made no sale for the day.
“I come to Nyanya Market every Wednesday from Enugu. I sell food stuff; fufu, vegetables, cocoyam, palm oil, snail and other local spices. After market every Wednesday, I join the night buses and return to Enugu, but, today, since I came, I have not been able to display my goods. As u can see, they are still inside the bag. I don’t know how I am going to go back home today because I don’t have any money. I have not sold anything,” she said, close to tears.
"No POST UTME Screening For 2015/2016 Admission" - Uniabuja Registrar
JUST IN: "No POST UTME Screening For 2015/2016 Admission" - Uniabuja Registrar
From office of the registrar
This is to notify the candidates and the general public that there will be no POST UTME screening for the 2015/2016 JAMB ADMISSION excercise.
Furhermore, the University has not authorised the payment of ant fees relating to the POST UTME screening, Any one who ppays pays money to any person or bank in respect of the POST UTME screening does so at his or her own detriment,
Signed
REGISTRAR
Air Force Cuts Boko Haram Supply Routes
Air Force Cuts Boko Haram Supply Routes
The items, suspected to be supplies for the insurgents’ use for Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs), were confiscated from the smugglers in Pepe, Dashin-Hausa, Belel Bilachi, and Konkul villages located along the Nigeria-Cameroon borders on Tuesday.
The NAF was able to achieve the recent feat through its air patrol activities, covering both land and water along the Nigeria-Cameroon borders.
The NAF has continued to identify and destroy Boko Haram camps and resupplies by employing surveillance and combat aircraft.
Intelligence gathered also revealed that these efforts have greatly curtailed the supply efforts of the insurgents.
The spokesman of the Air Force, Air Commodore Dele Alonge, urged members of the public to continue giving useful information to the security agencies in order to end the menace of the Boko Haram terrorism once and for all.
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