WE ARE WORKING TO LEGISLATE AGAINST EARLY MARRIAGES~~EMIR OF KANO

Emir of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi II has said that the Kano Emirate Council and the government of Kano state are working towards enacting a law that will stop early marriage in Northern Nigeria. The monarch who is an ardent advocate against the practice of early marriage, said this at his investiture ceremony as the Grand Patron for Women and Children Healthcare by the United Nation’s Population Fund in Kano yesterday January 9th.

According to the Emir, the practice of early marriage has made many girls lose their lives as most of them die while giving birth at such young age.

“Women are married in Northern Nigeria at a tender age thereby leading her to lose her life, the child and the indices are there for each state. Some people attribute the death and challenges to God but we know that God does not dislike us. Why is it that the indices are worst in the north? I call on our imams to address this. It is a shame that the UN had to come and tell us how to look after our children. We are the ones to do it and we should not wait for the UN’’ he said

FAKE 'MAD MAN' CAUGHT WHILE ATTEMPTING TO KIDNAP 2 CHILDREN IN DELTA STATE (PHOTOS)

 According to Ossai Ovie, a man pretending to be mad was caught at Utagbaunor/umukwata road,Ukwani LGA of Delta State while trying to kidnap two children; the suspect almost killed one of the children, before help came.

"The police has arrested the pretending madman. Thanks to Obiaruku DPO for quick response. The attacked child has been taken to the hospital."

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APGA ACTING NATIONAL CHAIRMAN NWABUEZE OKAFOR DIES @ 47

The acting national chairman of the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA),Nwabueze Okafor, has died.

His death was confirmed by his political associate, the Assistant National Financial Secretary of APGA, Okecheckwu Nkolagu, who said that Okafor died at about 8 a.m. on Sunday in Niger foundation hospital Enugu after a brief illness.

Okafor, under the APGA platform, contested for Senate in Enugu East senatorial district, but lost to his the counterpart from People’s Democratic Party, PDP. Afterwards, he was nominated as the APGA National Vice Chairman (south East) before going on to become APGA’s acting national chairman following the suspension of the embattled National chairman, Chief Ike Oye.

POPE URGES WOMEN TO BREASTFEED THEIR KIDS IN CHURCH WITHOUT FEAR

The Pope,  had  voiced his support for breastfeeding, including in public.
According to him, faith does not just mean reciting the Creed on Sundays, but rather it means believing in the truth, trusting in God and teaching others with the example of our lives.

Faith, the Pope continued, is also the light which grows in our hearts – that’s why a lighted candle is given to every person being baptized. In the early years of the Church, he noted, baptism was called ‘illumination’ to show the way in which faith helps us see things in a different light. To the parents who had brought their children to be baptized, he said “you have the task of making that faith grow, of nurturing it, so that it may bear witness to others”.

As the sounds of crying grew louder, the Pope joked that the concert had begun. The babies are crying, he said, because they are in an unfamiliar place, or because they had to get up early, or sometimes simply because they hear another child crying. Jesus did just the same,
Pope Francis said, adding that he liked to think of Our Lord’s first sermon as his crying in the stable. And if your children are crying because they are hungry, the Pope told the mothers present, then go ahead and feed them, just as Mary breastfed Jesus.

Pope Francis encouraged women attending a ceremony in the Sistine Chapel on Sunday to feel free to breastfeed their children in the church.

"The ceremony is a little long, someone's crying because he's hungry. That's the way it is," the pontiff said. "You mothers, go ahead and breastfeed, without fear. Just like the Virgin Mary nursed Jesus," he told worshipers attending an annual ceremony commemorating the baptism of Jesus.

ADEBOYE BLASTS GOVERNMENT FOR MELDING IN CHURCH MATTERS

Pastor Enoch Adeboye,  General Overseer (Worldwide) of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), has warned the Federal Government to stop meddling in church matters. Adeboye, who spoke yesterday at the Redemption Camp, Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, Ogun State,said that:

“The government has been showing increasing interest in church affairs. Unfortunately, for us in RCCG, it might not be very helpful,” Adeboye said.

“For example, when I decided on what will be the pension of our pastors, what I decided is not done anywhere in the world. That somebody will retire and continue to earn full salaries all his lifetime.

“This, I started, but government stepped in and made a law that we should be contributing to pension fund.

“We have to obey and we started doing that. The result is that pastors don’t get as much as they were getting under our own previous arrangement. But, what can we do? We have to obey the law,” he disclosed.

His words: “Now there are fresh laws. We have a rough idea of what the law is about.

“Some people believe that RCCG is becoming too influential and we’re going to be more influential. When you get home, tell members to join a political party.

“Join a party and become a card-carrying member of any party. Just join any party. We shall decide issues right from the ward level.

“If you are not active at ward level, you’ll do what they plan and say at the top. Enrol in any party of your choice and have a card. When holding meetings at ward level to choose delegates, be there.”

“One Muslim in Ibadan said years ago that he didn’t know what’s wrong with Christians; that we help them to occupy political positions and refused to capitalise on our population. That’s going to change from now,” Adeboye stated.

BRIBERY SCANDAL:TRIAL OF JUSTICE ADENIYI ADEMOLA & WIFE TO COMMENCE ON JANUARY 11TH

Justice Adeniyi Adetokunbo Ademola of the Federal High Court and his wife, Mrs. Olabowale Toluwatope Ademola, trial will commence on January 11th. This comes after the Federal Capital Territory High Court, sitting in Maitama, today, granted an application by the embattled judge, asking the court to move their trial from January 18th to an earlier date so they can get it done with and move on with their lives.

Justice Ademola is alleged to have collected bribe from lawyers and others while dispensing his duties as a judge. His wife is alleged to have been used as a proxy to sometimes collect the bribes. The judge and his wife were first arraigned in court in December last year and  were granted N50 million bail each.