OBASA REACTS TO ALLEGATIONS OF FRAUD BY SAYING "MONEY IS FOR SPENDING"(VIDEO)

Mudashiru Obasa, Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, reacted to allegations of gross corruption against him by saying "money is for spending".

Obasa made the remarks in an Instagram Live interview with Dele Momodu, Publisher of Ovation Magazine.

SaharaReporters had in recent weeks exposed embezzlement and financial misappropriation carried out by the Speaker and some of his allies at the Lagos Assembly.

Obasa while responding to questions from Momodu said, "Money is for spending. I was Chairman, House Committee on Rural, and thank God Dr Kasali who was the comissioner is still alive. 

"I became the Chairman, House Committee on PHC, and we still have 57 local governments and most of the chairmen then are still arround. We have Akabueze who was the Comissioner for Economic Planning is still so much alive.

"Fashola who was governor, Ambode and the rest. Call any of them, any of those people I just mentioned cannot link anything to me that Obasa when he was a comissioner he has done this, he has done that, no. I am saying it openly so people can hear, these people are alive so probably they are watching.

"Among the allegations they have raised, they didn't say Obasa stole money, they said he spent money.

"What is the purpose of money? Is it not to spend? But the question, how did you spend this money? Do you have budgetary provision for the money you are spending? Yes.

"Training, seminar are they not part of budget? Festival and all sorts under which you have parties. They alleged we used N258 to print invitation card, is that possible? I don't even think Dangote will ever do such a stupid thing when the total budget for the programme was N61m."

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THE OLDEST KING IN OYO STATE DIED @ 141

                                                                                          

The oldest king in Oyo State, Oba Samuel Afolabi, the Onilua of Ilua in Kajola Local Government Area of Oyo State has joined his ancestor  at age of 141.



Oba Afolabi who is believed to be the oldest king in Oyo State, died after a brief illness in the early hours of Saturday May 23.



The late monarch who was enthroned as king in the community at the age of 102, succeeded Oba Majaro in 1981.

OLORI NAOMI OGUNWUSI: "I HAVE BEEN IN AND OUT OF THE PALACE"

Olori Naomi Ogunwusi, has shut down rumors her marriage to the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, has crashed.

On Monday evening, she took to her IG page to set the record straight. Read her press statement below

   " There have been strange rumours and unfounded news making rounds on social media in recent times.I want all believers of good news to know that, it is all lies and a picture of how the peddlers of the evil news would have loved our love story to turn out. I would have loved to maintain silence, however, due to concerns being expressed by well meaning people something has to be said.

 Now, the gospel truth is that I have been busy with ministry off the social media space and you'd all agree with me that with the ongoing pandemic which suddenly sprung up on all of us, only means more work needs to be done. I can't sit still (as nobody privileged enough should) and this isn't a time for social media presence but a time that calls for solemnity.

Hence my break from what people now call normal. Finally, as duty will have me do, I have been in and out of the palace doing Gods bidding.With all being said, I am compelled to ask the following questions :
  Why can't people verify that which is the truth ?    Why do people believe more in falsehood and negativity? Well, the bible has something to say about them in Psalm 2:1-12. Now i say to you all, please disregard and jettison every fake a malicious news about me and my husband (Ooni Adeyeye Babatunde Enitan Ogunwusi) for ours is a love no earthly force is strong enough to break,we are very fine and healthy

    I will leave you with this "please be comforted and know that boredom is a killer and people do unimaginable things when they are" Peace and love always"

However, the truth of the matter is that she has packed out of the monarch's house .
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ESE ORURU: MAN WHO ABDUCTED A TEENAGER IN YENEGOA AND TAKEN TO KANO AND FORCED TO MARRIAGE SENTENCED TO 26 YEARS IN PRISION

The Federal High Court sitting in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, has delivered the long-awaited judgement on Ese Oruru, a teenager reportedly abducted, taken to Kano State and forced into marriage by one Yinusa Dahiru.
The court presided over by Justice Jane Inyang sentenced Dahiru to 26 years in prison.

Jane acquitted Dahiru on Count one but jailed him five years (count two), seven years (count three) seven years (count four) and seven years, count five.

In 2015, 13-year-old Oruru was abducted, raped and impregnated by Yunusa Dahiru, a man presumably old enough to be her father.







                                                                        

The man later took her away to Kano State where she was later rescued in the palace of the Emir of Kano. 
The incident led to national outrage in 2015 with calls for more of forcefully married teenagers in the Northern part of the country to be freed.
The sentences, according to the judge. would run concurrently.

SULTAN OF SOKOTO ORDERS SUSPENSION OF EID-EL-FIRT PRAYERS

                                                                                

The Sultan of Sokoto and Head of Jama’atul Nasril Islam (JNI), Sa’ad Abubakar III, has directed the suspension of Eid-el-Fitr congregational prayers in the outskirts of towns and cities across the country.

The Sultan, who is also the President-General of the Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), urged Muslims to observe the Eid-el-Fitr prayer at home with family members, or alone in the case of an individual living alone.

The traditional ruler urged them to ensure that the worshippers observe the strictest measures of distancing, face masks, and the use of hand sanitisers at the praying ground.

The Sultan also urged Ulamas to fear Allah and be mature enough in guarding their utterances and actions for the overall interest of the Deen and the Ummah.

The statement said, “Nigerian Muslims are, therefore, called upon to reflect their minds to the good virtues of the month of Ramadan and keep to its teachings all through their respective lives, as the Lord of Ramadan, is still and shall remain The Lord of other months, and above all keeps the records of our actions and inactions.

“More so, Muslims are reminded to keep to the ordinances of the Glorious Qur’an, for the prestige of the Muslim Ummah.”

HOUSE WIFE STABBED HER HUSBAND TO DEATH OVER " FEAR OF FIRST TIME SEX"

                                                                                     

 



Salma Hassan,17, wife, narrated how she stabbed her husband to death over fear of first time sex at their house in Bauchi State ..

She said that she had no idea of sex education and experience of marriage. The Bauchi State Commissioner of Police, Philip Maku, said Salma allegedly used a knife to commit the heinous crime and she was arrested for culpable homicide at her home in Itas-Gadau local government area of the state.

He said: “On April 24 at about 9:00a.m., one Haruna Musa, male, of Itas-Gadau reported at Itas-Gadau Division, that one Salma Hassan, female, aged 17 of the same address stabbed her husband. The husband, Mohammed Mustapha, was stabbed on the chest. As a result, he sustained serious injury and was rushed to General Hospital, Itas–Gadau for treatment where he was certified dead. The suspect was arrested and has confessed to the crime. Exhibit recovered from the suspect was one knife”.

While fielding questions from journalists in Hausa language, the young housewife said she didn’t know that sex was part of marital obligations, adding that she thought her late husband was trying to defile her.

“I didn’t know that sex is one of the marital obligations. On that day, when he approached me for sex, I refused him because I had never been involved in it before. I thought he wanted to rape me but he got angry and was trying to force himself on me with beating. I picked up a knife to scare him away but he kept coming and I didn’t know when I stabbed him with the knife in his chest,” she narrated.

She further explained that she had already given her statement to the police and did not know what would become her fate. She added that she wouldn’t have done it if she knew better about marital obligations.

POLICE OFFICER ARRESTED FOR SHOOTING ISLAMIC CLERIC TO DEATH IN LAGOS

                                                                                 

Lagos State Police Command has on 20/5/2020 arrested Inspector Okoro Charles attached to Ikotun Division. The Inspector was arrested in connection with a shooting incident reported on 20/5/2020 at about 2205, along Obabiyi, Igando road, Ikotun which led to the death of one Fatai Oladipupo ‘m' 28 years old of Obabiyi area.

The Inspector is subjected to internal disciplinary procedures, known as Orderly Room Trial at the State Provost Department and if found guilty he will be handed over to the State Criminal Investigation Department Yaba for prosecution in conventional Court.

    Investigation is ongoing to unravel the circumstances surrounding the shooting incident. The Commissioner of Police condoles with the family and friends of the deceased and calls for calm. He assures them that Justice will prevail. Members of the Public will be updated on the outcome of the investigation.