BUHARI :DON'T LOSE HOPE IN MY CHANGE AGENDA

President Buhari made the appeal today in his Easter message to the nation. He thanked Nigerians for their patience and understanding in the first ten months of his administration, assuring that he was working very hard to overcome the challenges he encountered on assumption of office. The president also assured that he was moving on with an "unshaken" resolve and determination to deliver on the mandate Nigerians gave him on March 28, last year. He said: "Faith, belief and the fulfilment 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". Buhari, however, stressed that the change which all Nigerians yearned for, would certainly occur more rapidly "if we all place the love of our country above selfish personal and group interests". The president also assured that the 2016 national budget would be efficiently and successfully implemented. He said: "The National Assembly has just passed the 2016 budget. I assure all Nigerians that we will 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". He said Nigeria would make faster progress towards achieving the desired peaceful, united, strong, progressive and prosperous country if the citizens eschew all divisive, "parochial, ethnic and religious sentiments and rivalries" as well as begin to live more harmoniously with their compatriots, as Jesus Christ and the founders of the world's other great religions enjoined mankind. According to him, "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". Buhari, who said his government was determined to achieve greater peace and security across Nigeria by ending the avoidable conflicts and crises hindering the nation's progress, asked for greater support from the citizenry in that regard. President Buhari also maintained that the country must put a stop to politically motivated killings, saying "Our communities must be made safe again for all inhabitants to live together in peace and harmony." He said the armed forces, police and other security agencies were 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 the country. He urged all Nigerians to also play their parts as patriotic citizens and do all they could to make the country a safer, more peaceful and happier place for its people and others. The president said: "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". President Buhari wished all Nigerians very happy Easter celebrations.

BOKO HARAM THREATEN TO ATTACK DAILY TRUST,VOA,GUARDIAN OTHERS

“This is a message from the public awareness department of the Jamatu Ahlis sunnah lil daawati wal jihad, a group engaged in jihad in Nigeria. “We wish to explain about the attack we carried out on Thisday Newspapers. Some of the reasons why we decided to attack some Media Houses, especially Thisday, is because the paper was used in dishonouring our prophet, Mohammad (SAW) during a beauty pageant in Kaduna in November 2002. “At that time, some people who called themselves leaders of Muslims came out to say they have forgiven those who committed the offence. “But based on our knowledge, we know that no one has the power to forgive anyone for an offence that God himself has given judgement, especially on an offence that has to do with dishonouring Prophet Muhammad (SAW). “No one has the power to forgive this type of offence, and the judgement is for such persons to be killed. “This lady that committed this crime, the judgement on her is to be killed at any opportunity; and the media house is also supposed to be driven out of existence whenever there is a chance to do so. “We are just getting the opportunity to attack the media house, and we are hoping to continue these attacks until we drive them out of existence. “It is our hope that Allah (SWT) will help his religion. “We know that any genuine Muslim must have been deeply touched by the Thisday incident.   “Thisday newspaper is also leading in helping the government in fighting us, alongside other media houses that we will mention soon. “Some of the offences of Thisday and other media outlets include: firstly, during the botched attempt to rescue some kidnapped foreign nationals in Sokoto; these media houses asked us if we have anything to do with the kidnap and we said we have nothing to do with it, yet these media houses reported that we were responsible for the incident, that was a lie against us. “Secondly, when we sent a video of our leader, Abubakar Shekau, the media houses reported things that our leader did not say, such as that in response to the president’s threat to finish us in three months, we have also threatened to finish the government in three months. But the truth is, nowhere in the video did our leader said what they attributed to him. “Thirdly, on the purported arrest of Abu Qaqa by the SSS, we have come out to tell them that the person arrested was not Abu Qaqa,yet the media continue to potray us as liars, and even said that our leader had ordered for Abu Qaqa II to be executed, and we are now searching for Abu Qaqa III. “Recently too, they came out with another lie that one Mohammed Awwal Kontagora was the Abu Qaqa II that was executed, and that even his parents confirmed it, that was just a big lie to convince the world. “The media also said that we have killed the father of Abu Darda, so as to pass a message to him, because he had leaked our secrets after his arrest by security agencies, and they  wanted him to know that he is one of our targets. “These are all lies, and they are many. “These media houses have committed a lot of offences that is detrimental to Islam, and we don’t have the power to forgive them. We will take revenge on them by God’s grace, some of these media houses have been categorized into three groups. “The first group is the likes of Thisday whose offences are big. “The second group we will also attack soon are Punch, Daily Sun, Vanguard, Guardian, Nation, Tribune, and National Accord, which are all newspaper houses. “There is also VOA Hausa radio. All these media houses we will attack them including their staff and offices, by God’s grace. “VOA Hausa for instance have recently started campaigning for people to support the government against us by exposing us, “The next group that are on the verge of joining this list who if they are not careful we will attack very soon include, Leadership, Daily Trust, Peoples Daily and RFI(Radio France international) “There is an online medium known as Saharareporters who have their office in New York, and who have made their site as a platform for attack against Islam. So we are warning them to stop making their site an avenue for attacking Islam, otherwise we will find a way of attacking them too. “We resorted to using this medium to send our message instead of the normal tele-conference because of the fear by journalists; which made them refuse to conduct the conference. “We are grateful to God for the success recorded on the attack on Thisday, and we hope to continue such attacks. “Finally, the government has now resorted to arresting our wives and children and also demolishing our houses, like they did in Biu recently, that is why we have also resolved to start attacking government schools, especially, tertiary ones. “We promise to demolish 500 buildings for any one of our houses that the government destroys.

A TRAGEDY OF LIFE

Have a story to tell after now.There was a tennage boy called miracle,miracle was born in a family of 3 (three) which three of them are boys miracle been the first born of his mother .The father to miracle married four(4) wives,my focus is going to be on miracle and his humble home ,the mother to miracle is hospitalized of mental problem this made her does'nt come in public because of her mental beheaviour she says irrelevant things when ever this illness comes she destroy things that worth millions eg properties and every valuable things around her,the father is sick of swollen legs he does not walk without support also the dad have some litttle mental
problem of which his own makes him talk without control or without been tired he can talk 365 days without shouting his mouth up.Imagine the tennage boy taking full responsibilities of his family etc,miracle took this decission because there was no other better options for him than this,boy miracle and his sick father with the two younger brothers live in a dilapidated and abandoned house,if boy miracle didn't bring money home that means no food for the family that day,this is how the  struggling continuous for him,he face his challenges and took it upon himself never to get tired or discourage about his condition.

NUMBER BASE SUPPORT

This is an undisputable fact for the support base.The keyworld -the people never seize to build walls because it was made to keep you out,never force your way in you may never find walls within walls.There are doors to the heart and mind they have small or tiny holes,finding the keywords will help you open the doors have access to this without out-cry

I'M OJUKWU'S LEGAL WIFE BIANCA TELL'S COURT

The widow of the late Ikemba of Nnewi, Chukwuemeka Odimegwu Ojukwu, Bianca, yesterday appeared before Justice Abdulfatal Lawal of a Lagos State High Court, insisting she was the only legal wife to the late Igbo leader. Bianca, while giving her testimonies in the suit she filed on behalf of her two under-aged children, Afamefuna and Nwachukwu against her husband’s brothers and Ojukwu Transport Limited (OTL), maintained that she was the only wife that the late Biafaran warlord legally married among his wives. The suit was over an alleged move by the family to eject her sons from the company’s properties located in Lagos. “Ojukwu did court wedding for me, took me to church to solemnise our wedding. Besides, we also did traditional wedding”, she told the court. Mrs Ojukwu while under cross-examination admitted that neither she nor her children was a shareholder or directors in OTL. She also admitted that Ojukwu had eight children, which including the claimants; Afamefuna and Nwachukwu but the suit was filed for her children only. The witness further informed the court that some of the OTL properties in question had been in the possession of her late husband before his demise, adding that the rent of those properties were being collected by her husband. She had asked the court to declare that her children were entitled to the possession and occupation of one of the properties known as No 29 Oyinkan Abayomi Street, Ikoyi, Lagos until the harmonisation of the management and administration of the assets of the first defendant (OTL). The defendants in the suit are; Prof Joseph Ojukwu, Engr. Emmanuel Ojukwu, Lotanna Putalora Ojukwu, Dr Patrick Ojukwu, Arc Edward Ojukwu, Lota Akajiora Ojukwu and Mrs Massey Udegbe (doing business under Massey Udegbe & Company). In the suit, Bianca, and her two children, had in their statement of claim, prayed the court to declare that the threat of forceful ejection from 29 Oyinkan Abayomi Street by the defendants was illegal. She is also asking the court for a declaration that her children are entitled to possess the following property, namely: No 13 Hawksworth Road, Ikoyi (now known as No. 13 Ojora road); No 32A Commercial Avenue, Yaba, Lagos; No 30 Gerard Road, Ikoyi, Lagos; No. 30 McPherson Avenue, Ikoyi. According to her, the properties were under the possession of late Chukwuemeka Odimegwu Ojukwu-the father of the claimants from the time the properties were released from government acquisition till date.

FOREIGN AIRLINES REPATRIATE N1.7bn ON TICKET SALES

Airline operators under the aegis of Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON) have sent a position paper to the Federal Government on the need to review the Bilateral Air Services Agreement (BASA) it had with other countries. President of the association, Capt. Nogie Meggison, said that about N1.7 billion leaves the country yearly through ticket sales. He urged the Federal Government to address all the BASAs with foreign countries, lamenting that Nigeria has over 50 BASAs with nations. Most of the pacts are yet to be reciprocated, leading to lop-sidedness in the agreement and leading to huge capital flight from the country. This also came as the operators denied reports that they had increased air fares. To them, the carriers had continued to charge travellers fares below N18,000 despite the sliding of naira as against major currencies around the world, especially the dollar. Meggison explained that it became expedient for government at this time of dwindling crude oil prices in the international market to address the situation, stressing that some unscrupulous persons in government had signed “out our future generations for peanuts at the expense of about 80 million Nigerian youths.” At present, the Federal Government has about 80 BASAs with other countries, but only 29 of these BASAs are active while 16 of them are based in Africa, seven in Europe while the other five are in the Middle East/Asia and the United States of America (USA). The AON president insisted that rather than protect Nigerian carriers, government had been favouring foreign carriers who had continually repatriated resources generated into their own countries without any tangible project in the country. According to him, “it’s obvious that we as Nigerians need to sit down and start to look inward. You can’t feed other people’s children when your own children are suffering from kwashiorkor. Nigerian government must review all BASAs. “BASAs must be mutually beneficial between two sovereign countries and not as a big brother approach. With our geographical location, there is no reason for our aviation industry not to contribute 12 per cent to our Gross Domestic Product (GDP), with a target of 20 per cent. Emirates is contributing 27 per cent to its GDP. Nigeria needs to look at aviation as something that can contribute to our economy.” Meggison noted that the airlines were yet to increase fares and called on government to intervene in the dwindling fortune of naira as against major currencies. He noted that over 80 per cent of transactions in the country’s aviation industry are directly affected by foreign exchange, urging government to create a window of negotiation with the operators in order to cushion the effect of the current economy on the operators.

MBAKA'S TRANSFER NORMAL PROCEDURE:CATHOLIC CHURCH

Sequel to reactions that trailed the transfer of Reverend Father Ejike Mbaka out of Christ the King Parish of the Enugu Diocese, the Secretary- General of the Catholic Secretariat of Nigeria, Reverend Father Ralph Madu, yesterday said the transfer of priests within the Catholic Church is a “normal church procedure.” In an interview with an online medium, Premium Times, Madu said: “Mbaka’s own is not an exception. The bishop has the right to post any priest wherever he feels his service would be more useful to the church.” Reactions had trailed the Enugu Diocese’s recent decision to transfer Mbaka out of Christ the King Parish, GRA, where he had served for over a decade and had established a popular prayer ministry, the Adoration Prayer Ministry. Mbaka is to resume immediately at his new post at the Our Lady Parish, Emene. The embattled priest was quoted to have described his re-posting by the church as a ‘calculated move’ to make him suffer. “I know we are going to suffer within now and few months to come,” the priest said. I am going to suffer and suffer; I know that. I’m going to suffer because I have no place to put my head. I am going to suffer because I have no place to keep the Adoration Ministry’s assets. I know I’m going to suffer,” he said. Similarly, the South- East zone of the All Progressives Congress (APC) alleged that Bishop Callistus Onaga, was manipulated by external forces into effecting Father Mbaka’s transfer. According to Father Madu, “His posting should have been a privilege, not a punishment, which the bishop can do because he has the power. “If he (Mbaka) says it’s a punishment, then it’s open for further investigation. Posting is a regular thing, a priest can be transferred after two, three, four, or more years, it depends on the discretion of the bishop. “That ministry (Adoration Ministry) is his private ministry; it does not belong to the church. Overseeing a parish is a full-time job. Overseeing a ministry is a bigger task. If the church decides to take him somewhere where he’ll have more time to carry out his ministry, how is it punitive? That should not be the language.” The Catholic scribe said Father Mbaka had done things that were unacceptable to the church in the past but received no punishments for them. “He is supposed to be a missionary. What if the bishop had closed down the ministry, which is within his power to do? Sometimes, transfers can be for the good of the priest as something can be going wrong, which he might not be aware of. The bishop is free to move any priest at any time; it is his prerogative,” Madu said.