FOR KNEELING DOWN IN CHURCH: OONI TELLS CRITICS ‘NO KING ON EARTH IS ABOVE GOD’

The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi(Ojaja II) has berated those criticising him for kneeling in church to worship God, saying that “no King on Earth is above God”

A picture showing the monarch kneeling down during the installation thanksgiving held at St Paul’s Anglican, Ile Ife, on Sunday, December 13th, had gone viral on internet, attracting diverse comments.

While many that commented on the picture saw no wrong in the action of the newly installed monarch, many were of the view that the act desecrated the revered stool of Ooni.

The week-long coronation activities for the Ooni climaxed with a thanksgiving service on Sunday 13th December 2015, at St Paul’s Anglican Church, Ile-Ife

SARAKI: We don’t have any Anti-social Media Bill before us

Senate President Bukola Saraki

There has been huge agitation from Nigerian Social Media Users who see a Clamp down on the medium by the Senate as a blow to Freedom of Speech . The Senate President has stepped upp to the occasion to make Clarification.

According to the Senate President, ''I want to throw more light on the Frivolous Petition Bill. There is a lot of misrepresentation which has led to attacks on the Senate with some wondering whether we want to gag the press. We don’t have any Anti-social Media Bill before us. What we have is the Frivolous Petition Bill which concerns cases of writing and submission of petitions.

See What President Buhari and POPE Francis Have in Common

   

                                                                                         










President Buhari and Pope Francis: These gentle men Leaders who exhibit somuch grace and are well respected world wide happen to be born on the same  day. December 17th. The Pope is older than the President by six years. 

And the President received a Giant Birthday Card... and a Lovely Cake from his Wife.

The aides of President Muhammadu Buhari took him by surprise when they presented a giant card to him at the presidential villa in Abuja earlier on Thursday. An elated president beamed with smiles as he shook hands with them. Some of the aides who felicitated with their principal on his 73rd birthday were: Femi Adesina, his special adviser on media and publicity; Garba Shehu, senior special assistant on media and publicity;

EFCC to Tompolo: You can not escape Justice

Tompolo, Ex-Militant Leader

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says it has not given up its investigation of Government Ekpemupolo aka Tompolo. On December 10, the commission gave Tompolo a seven-day ultimatum to appear before it over alleged unclear dealings involving the sale of parcels of land worth N13 billion to the federal government during the administration of former president, Goodluck Jonathan. The anti-graft agency had threatened to declare the former commander of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) wanted if he failed to honour the invitation. 

Diezani is Alive- Family Sources

Former Minister of Petroleum Resources Mrs Diezani Alison-Madueke is not dead, it was learnt last night.

 Sources close to the family denied the rumour of her death which was spread on the social media.

Mrs. Alison-Madueke has been in the United Kingdom receiving treatment for cancer since May. In October she was arrested by agents of the National Crime Agency in the UK over an investigation for money laundering.

MTN says NO to the N1.04trn Fine , threatens court action

MTN Nigeria has finally concluded it would not pay the N1.04 trn fine, the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC imposed on it, for its failure to disengage about 5.1 million improperly registered subscribers on its network in August and September 2015 and has decided to challenge the NCC in court. Not even the reduction of the fine to N780 billion last week by the commission, could sway the telecommunications company.

Addressing its shareholders, yesterday, MTN said that “all factors having a bearing on the matter have been thoroughly and carefully considered including a review of the circumstances leading to the fine and the subsequent letters received from the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC).