Monday, 5 February 2018
SPORTS: The Savage Beast (Lebron James) clears the air on his move to Golden State From the Cavs
Saturday, 3 February 2018
Nigerian Popular Slay Queen gets Hooked
Roman Goddess married Erling Carlos, shortly after their engagement in Dubai.
Sharing the photos on her Instagram page, she compared her wedding to those of Hollywood celebrities Kim and Beyonce bragging that her wedding and theirs are on the same level. How Funny!
The Catholic Diocese of Ijebu-Ode, Embarks on her annual Marian Pilgrimage To Iwopin
Meanwhile there are usually thousands of people who are usually in attendance, with the purpose of sanctification and purification with various intentions which are presented to our Mother Mary, after which such intentions are burnt with the prayers of insensation been said. Nevertheless various activities such as: Procession from the river side, the Opening mass, stations of the cross, exposition and veneration of the Blessed Sacrament, confessions, prayer sections etc.
The Church’s devotion to the Blessed Virgin is intrinsic to Christian worship. The Church rightly honors the Blessed Virgin with special devotion. From the most ancient times the Blessed Virgin has been honored with the title of Mother of God, to whose protection the faithful fly in all their dangers and needs. This very special devotion differs essentially from the adoration which is given to the incarnate Word and equally to the Father and the Holy Spirit, and greatly fosters this adoration. The liturgical feasts dedicated to the Mother of God and Marian prayer, such as the rosary, an “epitome of the whole Gospel”, express this devotion to the Virgin Mary. Marian prayer and piety developed very early in the history of the undivided Christian Church of the first millennium and has been kept alive in a myriad of practices in the both the Catholic and the Orthodox Churches. Perhaps the most popular expression of Marian piety in the Latin Church is the praying of the rosary.
Mary is the perfect Orans, a figure of the Church. When we pray to her, we are adhering with her to the plan of the Father, who sends his Son to save all men. Like the beloved disciple we welcome Jesus' mother into our homes, for she has become the mother of all the living. We can pray with and to her. The prayer of the Church is sustained by the prayer of Mary and united with it in hope. Throughout the world however there are special places of pilgrimage associated with Marian prayer and piety. Places where the Mother of the Lord has appeared to the faithful, proclaiming the Gospel message to repent from sin and turn to her Son and Savior, Jesus Christ. Associated with each of these places, popular piety has kept alive the vibrant religious sense of the faithful who call upon the Mother of God for her prayerful assistance and maternal protection.
Pilgrimages evoke our earthly journey toward heaven and are traditionally very special occasions for renewal in prayer. For pilgrims seeking living water, shrines are special places for living the forms of Christian prayer "in Church". Traditionally, the call to pilgrimage came during either a spiritual crisis or an opportunity to fulfill a spiritual obligation. The long walk down what used to be called “the glory road” was meant to give a pilgrim ample time to contemplate deep issues that couldn’t be answered at home. Today, the call may even be more intense because life has become so frenetic that most of us claim not to have enough to think about spiritual issues on the traditional level, but also other deep concerns, such as failing marriages, job crises, or the general malaise. The cry for pilgrimage is an antidote to our over-amped lives.
Therefore the Church in Ijebu-Ode Diocese took up this spiritual exercise by journeying on a Pilgrimage to seek the intercession, face and, favor of our Mother Mary because Pilgrimage' is a wide-ranging topic touching on many aspects of human existence, signifying not only a physical journey to a special place, but also an inner spiritual journey and indeed life itself.
Friday, 2 February 2018
GBORU ANDREW: courage and timidity.... The two sides of a coin
In our world today, there is this assumption that a person ordinarily need to be afraid of what is to come. The assumption “no one knows tomorrow” seemingly becomes true because our being is determined by what the world has to offer. Generally then, there is fear of uncertainty of what is to come even in the next minute.
“For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and love and of a sound mind. Therefore do not be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, or of me as a prisoner but share with the sufferings of the gospel, according to the power of God.” 2 Timothy 1:7.
Courage in itself is the ability and willingness to confront fear, pain, uncertainty or intimidation. Physical courage is courage in the face of physical pain, hardship, death or the fear of death or even threat. While moral courage is the ability to act rightly in face of popular opposition, shame, scandals, or discouragement.
On the other hand, timidity is fear, fearfulness, fright. An emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight). Also timidity entails the lack of self assurance courage or bravery which easily alarmed timorous shy. But the bitter truth is that man fails in this regard in the aspect of judgment between courage and timidity. Hence, there should be in our lives the predominance of courage over and above timidity. As St Paul admonishes us in his second letter to Timothy 1:7that God has given us the spirit of sound mind and not that of fear.
As seminarians therefore we should not be afraid of the future because we have a firm assurance of what the future holds by God’s power. We should be willing to confront fear as by this we are testifying to the Gospel as St. Paul says. Let us take note that nobody grows merely by the number of years; but rather we grow old by deserting our ideas. Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul. Worry, fear, self-distrust kills the heart and turns the spirit back into dust. Do not be afraid be courageous for God gives us a spirit not of fear but of power and self-control.
Theodore Roosevelt once asserts that; it is hard to fail but it is worse never to have tried to succeed. For the man who never makes a mistake is the man who never does anything.
Oscar Wilde says; Nowadays most people die of a sort of creeping common sense, and discover when it is too late that the only things one never regrets is ones mistake.
Ellen Hopkins summarizes it by saying: Taking no chances means wasting one’s dream.
In all the big question remains: What would life be to you and me if we had no courage to attempt anything?
Thursday, 1 February 2018
BBNAIJA: Nina apologisies to boyfriend after the pleasant shower moment with Miracle.
FUEL: Elusiyan Francis Tolulope shows concern for the present petroleum cacophony
Nigeria as a nation is full of paradoxes. Obviously, refusal to sell fuel to induce high prices are annual rituals of the marketers. It is the greatest national scandal have ever seen. How on earth would some marketers refuse to sell out fuel because of excessive profit making thereby making life difficult for others. It is indeed a greedy attitude. We have on our hands what I call a "Country capture" by few petroleum marketers and their official collaborations. My dear Nigerians, let us all stand up and liberate ourselves from these profit mungers.
Precious Nwachukwu explains the role of youths in nation building
The Youths are not only the leaders of tomorrow, but also the partners of today. Young people are social actors of change and progress. They are a crucial segment of a nation's development. Their contribution, therefore, is highly needed.Youth are the engine room of every nation. The similitude of the importance of youth to nation building could be likened to a car engine, without which, vehicles can’t move, so also without youth, a nation cannot thrive. The role of the youth in nation building is too relevant to be jettisoned – they serve as the back-bone of a society. They can make or mar a nation based on what is programmed in them. They are a feedback system because if they are well equipped and garnished with the best available resources, they give a positive outcome, but, if otherwise, negative outcome should be expected.
Nigerian youths are surely among the most talented and creative youths in the world. They are fast learners; they have the ability to work under pressure and bring out desired result(s) for any organisation or institution. The role of Nigerian youths cannot be underestimated in nation building. Nigerian youths from time immemorial have been contributing their quota towards national development. It is only an insane man that will say Nigerian youths are not productive because there is practically no aspect of nature, physical or anthropological, material or human, complex diversity or undefined homogeneity, regional, international, academic or sport, Nigeria cannot boast of, even in religion or ethnicity. Name any field of learning you would not see a Nigerian youth renowned locally or internationally. Mention any aspect of living, good or bad, a Nigerian youth will not be actively and not passively recognised. There is nowhere in the world one would not see a Nigerian youth with the buzzing I-can-do spirit; In fact they drive the wheel of several countries in the world. However, the irony of the Nigerian situation is that the leadership cadre is filled with aged politicians who think nation building is their exclusive preserve and as such youths should not be given a chance. Perhaps, their stand explains why though youths are said to be leaders of tomorrow, that future never comes. On the other hand, the youths also are the architect of their misfortune because we have internalised the wrong precedence of corrupt politicians. We are ideologically bankrupt and in a state of delirium. We chose violence instead of peace and mutual coexistence. We chose the comfort of the moment instead of striving for self-sacrifice that will guarantee the freedom of this country. We chose the highway for robbery instead of class rooms. We chose guns, knives and axes instead of pen, paper and hard work. We avail ourselves all kinds of dirty jobs during election. We are carried away in the euphoria of crazy fashion and have jettisoned culture and history. We lack character and morality. The qualities of tomorrow’s leaders lie in the characters of today’s followers
Gboru Andrew shares his experience and sentiments on how the social media has its effect on our youths
One afternoon during a long journey, I stumbled on one Lindiwe Anderson who I learnt is suffering from Asperger’s syndrome ( a mild coupe of Autism – a mental condition in which a person finds it very difficult to communicate or form relationships with other), I marveled looking down I saw Lindi’s phone, I was shocked as she was surfing the internet chatting and smiling. I wondered, what could she be doing? How come the smiles? Although, she never uttered a word throughout the journey but made sounds customary to her illness. Social Networking…
Indeed, the whole issue of Information Communication Technology (I.C.T), is somehow complicated. Just like a war which everybody tells the story from his own point of view. I.C.T to many has a subjective cognition even to Lindi. The concept I.C.T can be used interchangeably with the word media or social network. In our world today one has to be knowledgeable in reading, evaluating, creating text and images or any combination of these elements to be considered media literate.
Media in every age is the greatest singular factor which prevails the culture of that age, this is not excluding our time. The role played by I.C.T is made manifest as human activities aimed at conveying meaning, relation with one another also sharing or exchanging ideas, is made easy and with ultimate possibility.
The Social Network as a division of the whole business of communication is also just like war easier analyzed, having multi-dimensional views.
Technology, such as social media websites have become prominent part of life for many young people today, but what is it really, its negative or positive effects in the society and family now more concerned with these social networks than our daily lives? Examples of Social Networking sites explored by the youths includes.
facebook,twitter,2go,badoo,bbm,watsap,blackbook,yahoomail,google,quip, etc.
There are many positive aspects and there are equally many dangers that come with these social networks among the youths.
We have to critically dig into this in order to be aware of all the sides of social networks before we or our children (family) indulged in it.
Social networking can act as great tool for professionals, both helping to market skills of small business owners, upcoming youths and also find opportunities for youths.
There is promotion everywhere of the vast spread of introvertism through Social Networking Chats as many youths find it difficult to begin physical interaction with same sexes and opposite sexes.
Another scary fact about youths and the internet is that they are too open with personal information; most youths do not read website privacy, most youths are not concerned about people they talk with online things appear to be less worried about or cared for when they are been posted online.
Without reading disclaimers and policies it opens the youths to having their personal information divulged. This is serious, due to the rising rates of cyber crimes like identify thefts and impersonation, fraudulent act.
Once you are a victim of identity theft or even a virus of computer, there isn’t much you can do to make it better, thus, the best way is to avoid this misery and apply caution when interacting in these social media.
Social networking may be harmful to the well being of your gadgets as hackers can get access to your information very easily by using tactics such as social engineering.
Social engineering plays human nature to get results.
New studies by Nick McGillivray, has shown that facebook can actually influence you to spend more money through advertisement on the cover of your screen. One other vice is cyber bullying, why by individuals use the social sites to harass and use insulting words to threaten or intimidate, which mostly occur in media sites.
Indeed, new research by Reader’s Digest shows that heavy social use might be correlated to lower self-control, which marketing experts believe could lead to inflation.
Ultimately, the way you counter this, is by raising your self-awareness, Columbia University, Professor Keith Wilcox.
In many cases, it is clear that social networking has become not only part of people’s lives, but also revolve round it. We see people on smart phones every minutes looking for the newest tweet or status updates from friends. We find out that internet officials bring validity to things in our lives, thereby acclaiming the canon of our moral lives. We have to understand that this is a great tool and not a lifestyle for youths.
In the meantime, Social Network is not usually for entertainment only, but information as well, as an antidote to time wasting, youths should be trained in reading, study, silence and meditation. No matter your situation there is a great role played by social networking in our day to day life.
chief Anenih donates two ambulatory ambulances worth 20million to University College Hospital (UCH)
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UCH launches ambulances for elderly on wheelchair
To further boost care of the elderly in Nigeria, the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan commissioned two ambulatory ambulances for the use of its Chief Tony Anenih Geriatric Centre (CTAGC) to ensure home transport for its teeming clients.
UCH’s Chief Medical Director, Professor Temitope Alonge said the ambulatory ambulances with hydraulic lifts will ensure that even elderly people that are in wheelchairs can be brought to the centre for medical care.
The N20 million ambulatory ambulances donated by Chief Tony Anenih, Professor Alonge said will have paramedics on board as well as first aid kits and other gadgets for cardiac resuscitation to ensure the safety of its occupants every time.
According to him, a Geographical Information Scheme (GIS) mapping of the attendees of the centre has been done to earmark areas the ambulances will be going to pick and take back patients.
He stated that since the centre’s telephone system sends out short message system (SMS) to remind its clients their clinic appointment, it will also help to know those expected to be picked by the ambulance.
Professor Alonge said aside from the benefit of 50 per cent reduction in the cost of their care, elderly persons that receive care at the Chief Tony Anenih Geriatric Centre also enjoy N18, 000 insurance services that enable them to have a medical care of up to about N500, 000.
He added that the centre was also embarking on community geriatric services to provide home care, especially for elderly patients with psycho-social challenges.
Professor Alonge, who said that the population of elderly in Nigeria had increased due to improved healthcare, however, decried Nigeria’s nonchalant attitude to their care.
He said the country only pay lip service to their care despite its many policies on the care of the vulnerable groups, including children under age of five.
“These are men and women in the prime of their lives have added value to the country. One way by which you can actually attend to the needs of these people is to make sure that there is a system that works for them so that when we too become old enough we have that system serving us,” he declared.
Earlier, CTAGC’s Director, Dr Lawrence Adebusuyi stated that the two ambulances will ensure the provision of domiciliary care, one of the visions of the geriatric centre, can be achieved.
Dr Adebusuyi, acknowledging the benevolence of Chief Anenih, stated that often times, older patients find it difficult coming to the hospital due to transportation.
He added that ambulances will be complementing the hospital’s tricycles that pick them from the gate to the centre for care.
KEEP YOUR HUSBAND: Ferguson Ukpebor gives 30 tips with biblical foundations
1). Never raise your voice for any reason to your husband. Its a sign of disrespect.(Prov 15v1)
2). Don't expose your husband's weaknesses toyour family and friends. It will bounce back at you.You are each other's keeper.(Eph 5v12)
3). Never use attitudes and moods to communicate to your husband, you never know how your husband will interpret them. Defensive women don't have a happy home.(Prov 15v13)
4). Never compare your husband to other men, you've no idea what their life is all about. If you attack his Ego, his Love for you will diminish.
5). Never ill treat your husband's friends because you don't like them, the person who's supposed to get rid of them is your husband.(Prov 11v22)
7). Never assign anyone to give attention to your husband, people may do everything else but your husband is your own responsibility.(Eph 5v33)
8). Never blame your husband if he comes back home empty handed. Rather encourage him.(Deut 3v28)
9). Never be a wasteful wife, your husband's sweat is too precious to be wasted.
10). Never pretend to be sick for the purpose of denying your husband sex. You must give it to him how he wants it. Sex is very important to Men, if you keep denying him, it is a matter of time before another woman takes over theat duty. No man can withstand sex starvation for too long(even the anointed ones) (SS 7v12)
11). Never compare your husband to your one time sex mate in bedroom, or an Ex-lover. Your home may Never recover from it if you do.(SS 5v9)
12). Never answer for your husband in public opinion polls, let him handle what is directed to him although he may answer for you in public opinion polls.(Prov 31v23)
13). Never shout or challenge your husband in front of children. Wise Women don't do that.(Eph 4v31)
14). Don't forget to check the smartness of your husband before he checks out.(Prov 12v4)
15). Never allow your friends to be too close to your husband.
16). Never be in a hurry in the bathroom and on the dressing table. Out there your husband is always surrounded by women who took their time on their looks.( 1 Sam25v3)
17). Your parents or family or friends do not have the final say in your marriage. Don't waste your time looking up to them for a final word. You must Leave if you want to Cleave.(Luke 21v16)
18). Never base your love on monetary things. Will you still submit to him even if you earn more money than him?
19). Don't forget that husbands want attention and good listeners, never be too busy for him. Good communication is the bed rock of every happy home. (Gal 6v9)
20). If your idea worked better than his, never compare yourself to him. Its always teamwork.(Gal 6v10)
21). Don't be too judgemental to your husband. No man wants a Nagging wife.(Eph 4v29)
22). A lazy wife is a careless wife. She doesn't even know that her body needs a bath.(Prov 24v27)(Prov 20v13)
23). Does your husband like a kind of cooked food?, try to change your cooking. No man jokes with food. (Prov 31v14)
24). Never be too demanding to your husband,enjoy every moment, resource as it comes.(Luke 11v3)
25). Make a glass of water the very first welcome to your husband and everyone entering your home. Sweetness of attitude is true beauty. (Prov 31v11)
26). Don't associate with women who have a wrong mental attitude about marriage.(Prov 22v14)
27). Your marriage is as valuable to you as the value that you give it. Recklessness is unacceptable.(Heb 13v4)
28). Fruit of the womb is a blessing from the Lord, love your children and teach them well.(Prov 22v6)
29). You are never too old to influence your home. Never reduce your care for your family for any reason. (Prov 31v28)
30). A prayerful wife is a better equipped wife,pray always for your husband and family(1 Thess 5v17)
Have a lovely day..... God bless u all.
Wednesday, 31 January 2018
Long Vehicles Carrying containers need to b careful
The tanker carrying container fell on a woman carrying a baby on Okada along the Lagos -Ibadan expressway. Inform ation has it that it fell over an hour ago and they've only just been able to lift the container off the victim. While we're not sure if they're is still alive, the incident has caused a gridlock. There's diesel in the container.
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Moreover, the head of the Mack Truck which plunged into the river as a result of the fatal accident has also been lifted from the river, but unfortunately the 3 occupants in it were also confirmed dead..
While TRACE, FRSC, LASEMA, LASMA and other Security & Safety agencies try to restore normalcy to the axis, the motoring public are enjoined to please exercise more patience for a thorough clean-up of the axis...
Meet the Nigerian Actress who was Molested in Church:
Nigerian actress that she was abused by a lesbian as a child - The actress explained that the first incident happened when she was six years old inside her church - She stated that Jesus Christ didn’t save her even though it happened in church April Joju Muse, Nigerian actress known for her role in drama series Tinsel, has revealed that she was molested as a child in church. The actress stated that Jesus Christ did not save her even though she was being harmed in the church. The actress who revealed that she was molested by a woman claimed that she had reported the incident to her Sunday school teacher but he did not take her seriously. She noted that because of what happened she had to grow up keeping silent about the molestation. According to her, so many children are going through what she went through at the age of six and no one has come to their aid. She blamed religion for what happened to her, stating that people continue to face terrible incidents due to religious bias. Actress April Joju Muse talks about the first time she was molested.
Muse further stated that she sees no point praying if religion and the church could not protect her when she needed it. The young actress revealed that after the first incident she continued to face the same molestation every time she went to Sunday school because she had no one to talk to or come to her aid and save her from the perpetrator. After Muse shared her post on her Facebook page, a controversial discussion was raised. Some Nigerians agreed with the actress while others tried to explain to her that religion is not to blame for what happened to her. Read more: https://entertainment.naija.ng/1149315-i-abused-church-age-6-actress-april-muse.html#1149315
Tuesday, 30 January 2018
BBNAIJA: Bitto inappropriately filandring about Princess
Mr Francis Tolulope Elusiyan expresses his sentiments over the educational system in the country
As mortals, our earthly pilgrimage that commences from the womb inevitably ends in the tomb. However, in the course of this pilgrimage, man often formulates ideas and values on a permanent basis. And because he will die one day and would not like to be forgotten, a need then arises to initiate a medium through which these values will be passed to the next generation. Essentially, this is to ensure that there is order in the society. This transmission of values from one generation to another is what we commonly refer to as education.
It is an established fact that education has a significant role to play in national development. In fact, it is the starting point of development because it is the vehicle with which knowledge and values are conveyed to their destination, that is, the individuals who are to acquire such knowledge and values.
A close look at Nigerian society reveals ineffectiveness, inefficiency and insincerity in the various aspects of human involvements-leadership, politics, construction and maintenances of infrastructure and so on. Nigeria is blessed with variety of educational institutions which are supposed to be domes for teaching and learning, enlightening and enriching of experiences for social efficiency and ultimately where persons come in contact with knowledge. The end result of such confrontation with knowledge is literacy. Literacy is not just about reading well and writing well. It is all about intellectual order, which includes creative knowledge, development of personality, information, social efficiency, mental and moral discipline and social responsibility.
The problem of value is fundamental to the causes of inability to realizing the ideals of education in Nigeria. This problem of value includes the deficiency in recognition of the dignity of human person and respect of the human dignity, dignity in labour and social responsibility. Thus, the leaders, the university authorities, teachers and students suffer from these crises of value.
From the domain of the university authorities- academic and non-academic, the cherished principles and ideals of university are lost, resulting to admission scandals, bribery and graft, victimization, sexual harassment of female students, extortion and so on. Thus, there is misplacement of priority. From the part of the students, the crises of value have led to various illicit, immoral and anti-social behaviours. Accordingly, there are gross examination malpractices, cult activities, armed robbery, theft, and lack of seriousness, prostitutions and other anti-social behaviours. There should be corroborative efforts of the government, the leaders, parents and students to change this condition. We need quality higher institutions that turn out viable graduates with creative knowledge and perspicacity as expressions of intellectual order; and this is also applicable to our secondary schools as well.
Fr. Paul Irikefe is Angry!!!
To those who say that all those who participated in the Pro-Buhari movement in 2015 (including Soyinka, Obasanjo, and countless well-meaning Nigerians) must be downgraded because they were wrong, and being wrong once means they should not be trusted again; you can now have your reply.
No authority relying on human ability and resources can know in advance the complex march of politics or history nor discern the opaque zone of human intentions. Being infallible should never be a requirement for an epistemic authority.
Further, one can imagine a religious fanatic, who believes that Buhari would turn out to be a failure. He forms this belief not on the basis of good evidence but on the basis of religious bias and raw rage against the North. Even if he turns out to be correct; we still ought to find him blameworthy. His results and procedure are not deserving of praise. Religious rage, bias, guess work, fussy reasoning, ethnic sympathy and the likes do not just lead us astray, they reflect negatively on us as rational inquirers.
So Sad: Olamide announces the death of His mother
He announced her death with a black Instagram post and wrote;
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Meet the 14yr Old kid that is making a global wave in comedy
The boy is born into a poor family of a taxi driver father, and a petty trader mother, Abeokuta indigenes and resident in Ita-Bayinbo, Ijemo area of the ancient town. Rilwan today has brought fame into the family as a result of his comedy act, while numbers of his stage performances have gone viral on social media.
Penpushing findings showed that, the kid comedian is unique on the field, and also distinguish his talent among his colleagues, with the use of Egba dialect, as his trade mark, to bring smiles into faces of his fans, across Nigeria and beyond.
In an exclusive interview with Penpushing after his show at the Nigeria Television Authority (NTA), Abeokuta, monthly get together for the children, he explained his journey into the comedy world, and how he ensured, the act does not affect his education.
Penpushing further findings also showed that, his talent and skill has equally earned him a scholarship, offered him by a lawyer who watched some of his comedy video clips. He was attending , Nawairdeen Grammar School, a public institution in Abeokuta, before he was moved to a private school, Coralreef College, Abeokuta, with the support of the sponsor.
The kid comedian popularly called, ’Real Joke Omo Egba’, narrated how he started the comedy career, stating that his journey started at age 8, when he was a pupil of Amazon Grace Primary School, in Ita Bayinbo, Abeokuta.
‘I started at age 8 when I was in primary school, and I used to gather my mates to listen to my jokes, and in the course of that, they were enjoying the jokes, and this further propelled me to improve on it, and this has since become part of me’, he said.
Rilman added further that, his choice of using Egba dialect was embraced through one of his teachers, who is into Ewi rendition, and used Egba dialect in the rendition, adding that realizing the uniqueness of the language, he decided to adopt it, as his own style of communication in the comedy industry.
Hear him, ’I started emulating one of my teachers, who is also into Ewi rendition, and uses Egba dialect, which made him unique among others. Having studied this, and the relevance of the dialect, I also adopted it as my official language in cracking jokes’.
The young lad, who expressed optimism to study law, said her parents were not aware of his journey into the comedy, when he started, until when they saw one of his video clips, shown to them by their neighbours.
He said at this stage, the parents were overwhelmed and joyful, and have since being encouraging him, but with a clause that, it should not affect his education, adding that, he is also cautious of the importance of education.
‘My parents were not aware when I ventured into the comedy, until one day, when one of our neghbours showed my video clips on youtube to them, and they became excited, and said they did not believe they can produce a child that, would make the family popular like this’
‘They have since being in support of it, but said I should not let it affect my education, and am also cautious of this, because I want to read to become a lawyer. Infact, one of my fans, a lawyer who watched my performances on youtube located me and offered me a scholarship and changed my school to a privately owned college, and I am currently in Jss 2
The Manager of the kid comedian, Oladayo Bankole, also added his voice, and told Penpushing how he discovered him, and picked interest to package him well, explaining that, he has been monitoring and following his skill, hence, his resolve to support him adequately.
The 30 year old said as a way to avoid conflict between comedy and education, the kid comedian, is allowed only on Sunday for rehearsal, adding that in the same vein, private teachers were employed for him to attend extra classes after the normal school days work
“I have been observing and monitoring his performances, and as a way to lift him up and bring him into limelight, I decided to take up the role of managing him, and to God be the glory, he has been forging ahead positively’,
He said, he has been invited to many shows, where he dazzles number of guests, but explained that he also make sure that, the only time he goes for rehearsal is on Sundays, so that, it does not affect his education, adding that, ‘We have also arranged private teachers for him, after the normal school classes’.
Bankole told Penpushing that, for now, no fee is charge, for him to perform, explaining that, those inviting him for show are given the grace to offer what they can afford, noting that, with time and lot of improvement charges can then be introduced.
He also talked about challenges the comedian faces at shows, which include crowd and fans who are always eager to take photographs with him, as well having handshake in appreciation of his talent and skill which he said radiates on him.
However, at the Nigeria Television Authority (NTA) show held at the premises of the Superfood, an eatery outlet,located in Ita-Eko area of Abeokuta, he was the star of the day, as he put smiles to faces of the children, as well as their parents.
Read more: http://www.penpushingng.com/index.php/entertainment/item560-emergence-of-a-talented-14-year-old-kid-comedian-who-is-making-wave-globally.
The presidential powers and Obasanjo
It is a measure of the stature, influence and capacity of the elder statesman that whenever he intervenes as he has done, he sets the tone for public debate and the country’s future political direction. I have already commented at length on the appropriateness, timeliness, depth, brutal honesty and shortcoming of that statement on both television and radio, more than twice, but there is an additional aspect that the statement further throws up, namely the nature and extent of presidential powers to wit: should Obasanjo blame Buhari?
It is common practice in Nigeria for political commentators, either on the streets or in formal situations to make excuses for Presidents, either serving or retired. You are likely to hear statements such as: “The President is a good man, it is just that he is surrounded by bad advisers and ministers”, or something like “Buhari is not the problem, the problem is that he has been hijacked by a cabal, or as the view was once expressed – “a cabal is now in charge!” The powers, style and limitations of the President are hardly ever placed in proper context. Proponents of the positivism of Presidential powers always speak in terms of “Good President, bad aides” in the Nigerian Presidential system, contrary to the norm that the buck stops at the President’s table.
President Obasanjo’s various assessments of sitting administrations adopt a different orientation. He holds the President personally responsible for the performance or non-performance of his government. In his recent statement on the Buhari administration, he thus characteristically accused President Buhari of nepotism, lack of understanding of the internal dynamics of Nigerian politics, blame-passing, condoning of misconduct and outright incompetence. He more or less ascribes to the President of Nigeria the powers and the responsibility to provide leadership and ensure good governance. In his view, in areas where the President lacks capacity, it is his duty to recruit competent persons to assist him and where and when he fails, he is still the one to be held responsible.
The underlying principle in Obasanjo’s statement is that those to whom power is bequeathed must be accountable for the exercise of such power. In his only reference to advisers in his intervention, Obasanjo uses the word “so-called advisers.” It is most unfortunate that in the various responses from government and its agents to the Obasanjo statement, there has been no attempt to take on Obasanjo on the issues. He has been called names by hired voices, or system sycophants, and all he got from the Minister of Information was an acknowledgement note and a patronizing “Baba-is-a-patriot”, tepid climb-down, without a word of defence on the substantial question about how the incumbent President has abdicated responsibility and failed the leadership test.
For me, there are a number of projected questions: Can a President actually be held responsible for the failings of the government he heads? Should the blame for an administration’s failures be heaped on the head of a past government and its officials? Who can be held liable in the circumstance – a cabal, former Ministers, or those exercising delegated authority? For whereas Obasanjo holds every President accountable, I have heard persons claim that he has no moral right to do so. It is even alleged that President Buhari cannot be questioned because he is answerable only to the people whose sovereignty he personifies.
President Obasanjo, by heaping the blame and the responsibility, on the head of President Muhammadu Buhari is drawing attention to the full extent of the ascribed and inherent powers of the President under the Constitution. The Nigerian Constitution in letter and spirit makes the Nigerian President an Emperor with near-absolute powers. There may be checks and balances on his powers here and there, in terms of his having recourse to the National Assembly on certain issues and having to make consultations, but in totality, the Constitution confers on him a kingly prerogative, especially on matters of policy and its execution. His powers are extensive and expansive. Under Section 5(1) of the Constitution, he is empowered to either exercise his powers directly or to delegate. His relationship with those to whom he delegates authority is akin to that between an agent and a disclosed principal.
Section 5(1) is instructive: “Subject to the provisions of this Constitution, the executive powers of the Federation – (a) shall be vested in the President and may, subject as aforesaid and to the provisions of any law made by the National assembly, be exercised by him either directly or through the Vice-President or Ministers of the Government of the Federation or other officers in the public service of the Federation; and
Section 148(1) adds:
“The President may, in his discretion, assign to Vice-President or any Minister of the government of the Federation responsibility for any business of the Government of the Federation, including the administration of any department of government.”
It stands to reason therefore that whatever is done by those agents, lawfully and within the bounds of Presidential approval, are within the scope of the responsibility of the President. In other words, the President cannot pass the buck. So, is it right to say Buhari is a good man, but the problem is the cabal? Or to hold heads of MDAs liable for acts that were carried out with Presidential authority and approval? The President is the custodian of the social contract with the people as defined in Section 14, and where there is a failure of consideration in this regard, the government is deemed not only to have lost legitimacy, the President is deemed to have failed. This is a key point in Obasanjo’s statement, which makes it notably different from similar interventions by him in the past.
The term or the group known as “cabal” is unknown to the Nigerian Constitution but the Constitution knows the President. Section 148 also recognizes that Ministers are appointees of the President, exercising delegated authority. This is why the National Assembly cannot impeach Ministers; they can only be sanctioned or relieved of their duties by their appointor, namely the President. Where the conduct of any government official is in question, it is important to establish whether or not such a person acted beyond the scope of the approval or directive given or whether or not such was ratified by the President. However, no public official is allowed under the law to carry out an unlawful directive, where such happens, such a person is personally liable. In practical terms, this has been a source of problem. Nigerian Presidents function like Emperors. How many appointees can stand in front of a President and query his authority, or turn down his directive?
I align with the definition of responsibility in Obasanjo’s review of the exercise of presidential authority. For instance, there are cases in court against Ministers and advisers who served under the Jonathan administration over matters such as the spending of security votes and sale of oil blocks, but to what extent can they be held responsible for obeying presidential directives? Today, in President Buhari’s Aso Villa, the Chief of Staff in particular has been accused within the public domain of many things. Does anyone really believe that a Chief of Staff can act on his own without Presidential backing and not lose his job?
When the matter of MTN’s underpayment of sanctions sum came up and the penalty sum was allegedly reviewed downwards after some consideration, the MTN Executive that was involved was sanctioned, and Nigerians asked that certain government officials should similarly be sanctioned, but to date, nothing has happened. Could that have been the case without the President’s knowledge? In the more recent controversial case of Abdulrasheed Maina, the Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami who was accused of protecting a man who had been sacked from service on the grounds of embezzlement, pilfering and corruption, had said that he acted with the knowledge and approval of the President.
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BBNaija: Miracle and Nina got sailing by kissing in shower
The Big Brother Naija is back with its drama and love scenes as housemates seem to be getting attracted to each other
Housemates Nina and Miracle were caught kissing in the shower on Tuesday morning.
Recall that Miracle was involved in a marriage controversy on Monday after pictures emerged of him with a wedding ring.
This is just the second day of the reality Tv show.
The #BigBrotherNaija 2018 tagged Double Wahala kicked off yesterday with twenty housemates battling for the winning prize of N45 million as announced earlier by the organiser, M-Net West Africa.
BBNaija: Is Ibokwe married?
The Big Brother Naija is back with its dramas as fans of the Biggest TV reality show have started digging into the lives of housemates.
Traditional marriage pictures of one of the housemates of the 2018 Big Brother Naija, Miracle Igbokwe Ikwechukwu, went viral immediately after their unveiling yesterday.
The 21-year-old pilot was seen wearing a ring which they believed to be a ‘wedding ring’ and also a picture of him in a traditional marriage attire with a lady.
The rumour has been flying that he is married after had claiming be single during the live broadcast of the TV reality show.
However, his brother, elder brother, Samuel Igbokwe, has come out to speak on behalf of the family on the real marriage status of the housemate.
In a video he posted online, Samuel said, “Hello I’m Samuel Igbokwe, I’m the elder brother of Miracle Igbokwe, one of the housemates of Big Brother Nigeria.
“I’m here to dismiss the allegation that he is married. Miracle is not married. He doesn’t even have a fiancé.
“Anyways, the ring you saw on his finger is mine.
“He actually took it to rock it because he likes the ring, and unfortunately for him, it couldn’t fit in any other finger apart from the finger you see online.
“So the fact is, Miracle is not married, he’s never been married.”
BBNAIJA: Tobi Bakare announces himself "Kabiyesi" as he emerges the first Head of House!
Tobi Bakre, has been crowned the first Head of House in the on-going Big Brother Naija (BBNaija) 2018 reality show.
The housemate emerged winner of the tasks given to all the contestants by ‘Big Brother’, popularly addressed as ‘Biggie’ on Monday.
The head of house challenge was split into two parts with the first part carried out on Sunday after the launch and the second part carried out on Monday.
After the fake eviction of the six housemates who could not get bed spaces, ‘Biggie’ announced the first task which involved padlocks.
The “ninjas” entered the house with locks and keys and each housemate was told to pick a key.
The two housemates who could open the locks won Sunday’s task to qualify for the next round of the Head of House tasks.
Ifu-Ennada, who opened the first padlock and Cee-C, who got the second one were asked to keep the keys and the padlocks for the next round of the task.
On Monday, Big Brother brought together the winners of the first Head of House game with the lucky six who had been part of the ‘fake eviction
Tobi emerged as the winner, having built the tallest balloon tower of all.
Joining in the congratulations, Biggie granted him the privilege of picking his title and Tobi chose to be addressed as ‘Kabiyesi’ (which means ‘ruler’ in Yoruba language).
This is different from last season where Heads of House were referred to by the other housemates as ‘Igwe’ (which means ‘King’ in Igbo language).
As part of the treats for the title, ‘Biggie’ also invited Kayibesi Tobi to choose a housemate to share the lottery bedroom with. Cee-C volunteered to share in Tobi’s luxury.
It would be recalled that Efe Ejeba was the first Head of House for last season ‘See Gobe’ and he eventually won the show, taking home the 25 million naira cash prize a brand new SUV.
This season tagged ‘Double Wahala’, housemates are competing for prizes worth 45 million naira. (NAN)
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