LAugh it Out #TGIF

#laffitup!

Dad: Who do you like more, Mum or Dad?
Yaw: Both.
Dad: Ok if I go to America and your mum goes to Paris, where will you go
Yaw: Paris
Dad: That means you like your
mum more?
Yaw: No, that means I like Paris.

Messi Scores 500th Career Goal

Lionel Messi scored his 500th career goal when he netted for Barcelona against Valencia in La Liga action on Sunday.




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Messi, already the leading scorer of all time for both Barcelona and La Liga, bagged his 500th goal in 632 appearances. The forward now has 450 goals in 525 games with Barcelona and 50 in 107 games for Argentina.

Although he did not manage to score in the past four games, Messi has been on fire so far in 2016, with 26 goals in 28 games.

His haul of 309 league goals has him comfortably ahead of Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo (256), while he closed on Gabriel Batistuta's record of 56 goals for Argentina by netting his 50th against Bolivia last week.

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Andy Obama Ex-President, Faculty of Education (2011/2012 session) spoke on the Killing on the Incumbent president killing

As a former President, Faculty of Education and an ex-interim executive of the Students' Union Government of University of Port Harcourt, Rivers State, I,  Andy Ucheakolam Onwuma (Obama) condemn in totality, the killing of Comrade Peter Ofurum (incumbent President of Faculty of Management Sciences, Uniport), by the ungodly and heartless men in uniform.

The students were out protesting peacefully against the hike in school fees and the threat of "no school fees receipt, no writing of exam".



The security operatives opened fire on unarmed students, thereby killing a Faculty President.

The federal govt. should extend their probing machinations to Uniport.
The Vice Chancellor, Prof. Lale should be immediately sacked and arrested.
The security personnel who pulled the trigger should face the full wrath of the law.

I commiserate with the family of the fallen hero and comrade...may God fill the vacuum Peter left behind.

To the Faculty of Management Sciences and the entire Uniport students,  may you take heart.

Aluta Continua...Victoria Ascerta!!!

Comr. AndyObama
#angelicstone
Ex-President, Faculty of Education (2011/2012 session)

Trader Empties Hot Water On 12-Year Old Maid (Photos)

The police in Lagos have arrested a 39-year-old trader, Chinwe Abasi, for allegedly brutalising a 12-year-old boy, Chinedu Okorie, with hot water in the Apapa area of the state.

A Punch correspondent learnt that Abasi, a mother of two, who hails from Nnewi, Anambra State, allegedly poured hot water on the boy because he collected N100 from a neighbour to buy a pair of socks to wear to school without the woman’s knowledge.

It was learnt that Okorie, who is in Junior Secondary School 1, also worked as a sales assistant for Abasi, who sold cloth materials in the Oyingbo Market.

It was gathered that last Monday when schools resumed, Okorie told Abasi that he would need to buy a pair of socks for school. Punch correspondent learnt that the trader allegedly ignored the boy until Thursday when a neighbour, identified only as Usman, gave Okorie N100 to buy the pair of socks.

It was gathered that when Abasi learnt that the boy had collected money from Usman to buy the pair of socks, she became angry and beat up the boy.

The 12-year-old was said to have ran to the kitchen during the flogging. Abasi allegedly grabbed an electric kettle of boiling water and emptied it on the boy.

The matter was reported at the FESTAC Police Division and the trader was arrested.

It was gathered that the matter was also reported to the Lagos State Domestic and Sexual Violence Response Team, and a temporary shelter was provided for the boy, where he also received medical attention.

Speaking with Punch Metro, Okorie, who hails from Enugu State, said he was forced to collect the N100 from Usman because he had no other option.

He said, “I told madam (Abasi) last Monday that I needed to buy a pair of socks for school. My teachers would seize my sandals without it. But she did not buy them, and I went to collect money from our neighbour.

“When she saw the pair of socks, she became angry and started to beat me. I ran into the kitchen. That was where she grabbed the electric kettle and poured the content ─ hot water ─ on me. It was around 7pm on Thursday.”

The trader, however, told Punch Metro that she did not deliberately brutalise the boy, adding that everyone knew she treated Okorie like her son.

She said, “On Monday, pupils resumed school, and Chinedu (Okorie) told me he needed a pair of socks and I said I would buy them for him. Unfortunately, when I came back, I forgot. Later, our neighbour said Chinedu collected N100 from him to buy the pair of socks. I was angry.

“I queried him and warned him against the behaviour. On Thursday, I gave him N100 to buy another pair of socks. When he came back, he told me he used the money for something else. So, I beat him up.

“There were times when I gave him N1,000 to go and buy fuel. He would spend three hours and later say he misplaced the money. So, I disciplined him on Thursday.

“He ran into the kitchen, and that was when I mistakenly poured the water on him.

“I sell clothes at the Oyingbo Market. He is my domestic help. I brought him from his village in Enugu State about four years ago. The boy is stubborn. I am not a bad woman.”

The Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Dolapo Badmos, confirmed the arrest, adding that the suspect would be charged to court.

She said, “The suspect has been arrested, and she will be charged to court

Police arraign 26 MASSOB members over Aba protest

Massob protest in Port Harcourt.

TWENTY-SIX believed members of the MASSOB were yesterday arraigned before an Umuahia Magistrate’s Court charged with three-count charges of conspiracy to commit felony, membership of unlawful society and illegal possession of some materials.

Their prosecution was sequel to yesterday’s protest by MASSOB and IPOB members at Aba against the continued detention of the Director of Radio Biafra, Mr. Nnamdi Kanu.

Following the submissions of their counsel, Mr. Nwabueze Nwankwo and E. Nkere that the offences for which they were charged were bailable, the court granted them bail in the sum of N100,000 and a surety each who must be resident within the court jurisdiction and submission of their two recent passport photographs each.

Their application for bail was however rejected by the prosecutor, DSP O.O. Uche, who urged the court to remand them in prison custody to serve as deterrent to others.

The matter was adjourned to February 24, 2016 for hearing.

Olubadan, a fulfilled life ends at 101

Olubadan

A prominent Yoruba monarch whose life spanned a century died yesterday. According to family sources, the fulfilled life of Oba Samuel Odulana, Odugade 1 ended yesterday evening at his Monatan residence in Ibadan, Oyo State.

The ruler who celebrated his centenary birthday in April 2014, would have been 102 years in three months.

His remains have since been deposited at the University College Hospital (UCH).

The late monarch who was said to have been hale and hearty earlier in the morning passed on peacefully surrounded by his wife and some of his children.

Oba Odulana, according to a highly placed source died of old age.

The royal father who ascended the throne in 2007 after the death of Oba Yunusa Ogundipe, Arapasowu 1 would be remembered as a disciplinarian and a progressive monarch.

The late kabiyesi was a successful and a private individual. He was a teacher, soldier, member of House of Representatives, Parliamentary Secretary to the late Premier of the Western Region, Sir Tafawa Balewa in the first republic and he climbed about 22 steps before he became the Olubadan of Ibadan.

For the Olubadan, it was a long walk to the throne. His first steps to the traditional royal stool were first taken in 1973 when he became the Jagun of Ibadan. Yet, it took him more than 30 years to climb the crucial 22 ladders to become king. He finally became the Olubadan in 2007, at the age of 93. With his advanced age, Oba Odulana is reputed as the oldest person to be crowned Olubadan in recent history.

Odulana was not only a voice of reason for Ibadan and beyond, he was noted for the promotion of education, a bias he held right from his youth. As a politician, Oba Odulana founded the education committee in Ibadan. The Olubadan is a founding member of the Ibadan Progressive Union, IPU. One of the mandates of the union is to scholarship to brilliant but indigent Ibadan indigenes.

Adegoke Adelabu, the late federal minister and member of the Western Region House of Assembly, is said to be a beneficiary of the IPU. The Olubadan was also involved in the establishment of the Igbo-Elerin Grammar School, Ibadan. Oladapo Afolabi, former head of service, is an old boy of the school.

As a monarch, the Olubadan worked to change the status quo in the education sector. When he became, the Olubadan insisted that anybody aspiring to be a mogaji in Ibadan must have a minimum of school certificate. He has also been championing the building of a modern palace in Ibadan.

Odulana, a first class chief, was an accomplished professional. The Olubadan brought years of experience, professionalism and uncommon goodwill to the throne. As a soldier, he fought in the Second World War among others, defending Britain. He was also a former minister of state for labour who discharged his duties to the best of his abilities. However, not many people know that the Olubadan was an amateur boxer and used to spar with friends. The monarch is reputed to be a stickler for discipline and excellence.

He once had a running battle with the now late strongman of Ibadan politics, Chief Lamidi Adedibu , who was Ekarun Olubadan, a member of the Olubadan-in-council.

Odulana had directed Ibadan high chiefs constituting the Olubadan-in-council to shun partisan politics, telling them to choose between their traditional offices and partisan politics.

He threatened to sanction any erring chief in line with laid down Ibadan traditional and conventional regulations.

This led to an open confrontation between the monarch and the late Adedibu .

Also recently, the late Oba Odulana had a disagreement with Governor Abiola Ajimobi on the elevation of some high chiefs following the demise of the Otun Olubadan and Balogun Olubadan.

It took the intervention of Ibadan Elders to resolve the conflict.

The late Olubadan on August 17, 2007, ascended the throne with a clear vision to restore the dignity and aspiration of the people of Ibadan in their transition from a warrior dissident people to the promise of intellectual beacon that the city has evolved to become in modern times.

It was with pomp and celebration that all Ibadans proudly welcomed the coronation of the 93-year-old Oba Samuel Odulana, Odugade 1 as the 40th Olubadan of Ibadanland.

He was a man of honour and integrity, who came to demonstrate the time-honored trait of the Yoruba good breeding, the Omoluabi. When Kabiyesi mounted the throne in 2007, Ibadan, the political capital of the Yoruba, was in the throes of conservative political forces.

The drums were rolled out in April 2014 to celebrate the centenary birthday of the late Olubadan, the man who set a new record in the history of Ibadan. Since the ancient city started the monarchical system in 1820 with Baale Maye Okunade as the first king, Odulana was the first king to attain the age of 100 years on the throne.

Others who reigned before him were actually old due to the well-arranged traditional structure that is adjudged the best in the South-west. This orderly arranged ascendancy to the throne of the Olubadan makes Ibadan unique in Yorubaland.

Unlike other cities in the zone where crowning of kings is preceded by fierce battles by contenders, Ibadan is not known for such. There are two lines to the throne of the Olubadan: civil and military, which is translated to Egbe Agba and Balogun.
Titleholders are appointed on rotational basis to occupy the stool immediately a king passes on.

He was described by former President Goodluck Jonathan during the centenary celebrations as a very unique monarch being one of the very few around who were born when the Northern and Southern Protectorates were amalgamated. According to him, it was the clean mind, good character, clear conscience and good record of service, that the monarch had that made him enjoy longevity.

The governor of Oyo State, Abiola Ajimobi, said the monarch played a pivotal role in his administration’s transformation and restoration programmes.

How death of Olubadan –in-waiting altered ascendancy process in Ibadan kingdom

The death within two weeks of two Ibadan high chiefs and next in line to the Olubadan stool altered the well-arranged traditional structure of ascendancy to the throne of Olubadan. Nonagenarian, High Chief Sulaiman Adegboyega Omiyale had been on the queue for 35 years, as the Balogun of Ibadan land, he was the next in line to the throne but he couldn’t fulfill the dream of becoming the Olubadan as he died at the University College Hospital (UCH) late November last year at the age of 95.

While the people were still trying to recover from the loss, the Otun Olubadan, Chief Omowale Kuye, who is also a step to the Olubadan throne from the civil line also died two weeks later. Kuye, an elder statesman was a former Permanent secretary Budget and Planning in the presidency,

Omiyale, who became Mogaji of the compound in 1967 was one of the colourful Ibadan high chiefs and represented the Olubadan of Ibadan land at several events, in his lifetime. He was one of the promoters of Yoruba culture and tradition. Despite the fact that Chief Omiyale died at a very ripe age, his death is seen at some quarters as unfortunate because he was just a step away to become the Olubadan. The passing away of Omiyale and Kuye has no doubt upset the hierarchical system. It has changed the ranking as some of those on the queue will be promoted up.

The next to the Olubadan and most senior on both lines are the Otun Olubadan and Balogun who under the Western Nigeria Law are recognised as second class traditional rulers and who are included on the Nigerian equivalent of a civil list as a result. The remaining Chiefs in the Olubadan-in-Council are the Osi Olubadan, Asipa Olubadan, Ekerin and Ekarun, as well as Otun Balogun, Osi Balogun, Asipa Balogun, Ekerin and Ekarun Balogun, Seriki and Iyalode.

Court grants Metuh bail Court grants Metuh bail

The national publicity secretary of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Olisa Metuh, has been granted bail by a Federal High Court, Abuja, on Tuesday.

Justice Okon Abang, in his ruling, ordered Metuh, who came to court in handcuffs, to provide two sureties with N200 each million, each of whom must also have properties in Abuja, and also submit his international passport with the court.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) arraigned Metuh and his company, Destra Investment Limited on a seven-count charge of allegedly receiving stolen N400 million from ex-National Security Adviser, Samoa Dasuki.

The charge read: “That you, Olisa Metuh and Destra Investment Limited on or about the 24th November, 2014 in Abuja took possession of the sum of N400m paid into the account of Destra Investment Limited with Diamond Bank Plc., Account No: 0040437573.

“From the account of the office of the National Security Adviser with the Central Bank of Nigeria without contract award when you reasonably ought to have known that the said fund formed part of the proceeds of an unlawful activity of Col. Mohammed Sambo Dasuki.

“ The then National Security Adviser (To Wit: criminal breach of trust and corruption) and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 15(2)(d) of the Money Laundering (Prohibition) Act, 2011 as amended in 2012 and punishable under Section 15(3) of the same Act”.

“That you, Olisa Metuh and Destra Investment Limited on or about the 24th November, 2014 in Abuja converted the sum of N400m paid into the account of Destra Investment Limited with Diamond Bank Plc., Account No: 0040437573.

“From the account of the office of the National Security Adviser with the Central Bank of Nigeria without contract award when you reasonably ought to have known that the said fund formed part of the proceeds of an unlawful activity of Col. Mohammed Sambo Dasuki.

“The then National Security Adviser (To Wit: criminal breach of trust and corruption) and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 15(2), (d) of the Money Laundering (Prohibition) Act, 2011 as amended in 2012 and punishable under Section 15(3) of the same Act”.

Justice Abang ordered that Metuh can only be released when he meets the bail conditions.