Buhari Sends Congratulatory Message To Adeboye On His 74th Birthday!

In a statement  issued by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, President Muhammadu Buhari has sent a congratulatory message to the General Overseer of Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye who turned 74 on Wednesday, March 2.

In the message, Muhammadu Buhari commends the relentless efforts, sacrifices and the grace of God upon the life of the General Overseer, who has over the years propagated the gospel around the world, organized large gathering of Christian worshipers and consistently counselled leaders and their citizens on living right before God.

President Buhari also salutes the social and humanitarian interventions of the Cleric in providing health and educational services to complement the efforts of governments, and prayed that the Almighty God grants Pastor Adeboye long life and more strength to carry on the good work.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan And Ministers Visits Nigeria!

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari and Ministers received Turkey President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan at the State House, Aso Villa - Abuja on Wednesday, March 2nd.

Visiting with President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan are some Ministers in his cabinet.

Boko - Haram Spies Arrested!

Four men, Victor Moses, Abubakar Shettima, Salisu Mohammed Bello and Umar Sadiq Madaki suspected to be Boko Haram terrorist spies, who carry out surveillance mission for the terrorist sect on target for suicide bombings or attacks, are currently undergoing interrogation after they were paraded by the Commander 33 Artillery Brigade, Brigadier General Abraham Dusu at the Brigade’s Headquarters, Shadawanka Barracks, Bauchi on Monday, February 29. 

One of the suspects, Victor Moses ran out of luck when he went to a mosque in Bauchi , northern Nigeria, and pretended that he wanted to be converted to Islam. The people suspected he was not genuine and promptly reported the matter.

On interrogation Moses confessed to spying targets for suicide bomb attacks including that of the Catholic Church Madalla, Suleja, Niger State - Central Nigeria, on Christmas day, 25th December 2011. 

Victor Moses also confirmed that he was working for an Islamic cleric in Gombe-  northeastern Nigeria,  who is reportedly now at large and that their point of contact was Abubakar Shetima based in the city of Jos, in the Middle Belt of Nigeria.

Niger Delta Communities Sue Shell Over Oil Spill Negligence!

The Ogale community in Rivers State, with about 40,000 people who are mainly farmers and fishermen, and the Bille community, who are also mainly fishermen  have sued Royal Dutch Shell plc, in London for the second time in five years over spills in the Niger Delta.  

The law suit points to a November 2015 Amnesty International report which says the four spill sites Shell says it planned to clean up are still contaminated. The case is handled by Leigh Day law firm.

According to reports, the first court hearing is due on Wednesday, March 2nd, at the Technology and Construction Court, which will determine if the claimants can proceed to lodge a case against Shell's Nigerian business, known as Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria (SPDC).

Shell said the case which is at an "early stage" in reviewing should be heard in Nigeria.

"No Bank Day" In Nigeria!

A not-for-profit group, Consumer Advocacy Foundation of Nigeria, dedicated to advocacy for consumer rights and protection is supposed to lead a Tuesday, March 1 protest, tagged "No Bank day", to boycott banking activities to protest exorbitant deductions by banks.

Roving Informant went round some banks around Ajah, in the Lekki - peninsula axis of Lagos state, to see if the "No Bank day" boycott was  observed. 

Indications from pictures taken of different banks shows that there was normal activities in banks on Tuesday, March 1st. 

Abduction Of Her daughters, Confiscation Of Her Academic Papars, Traveling Passports, Canadian Residential Documents By In-Laws, Ex-Minister's Estranged Daughter In-law Cries Out!

Over the failed move by the Nigeria Police and their marriage sponsors to intervene in the case of gross domestic violence (wife battering in which Christina lost two pregnancies, also while beating her, her hairs pulled to the very level that she had to go on low-cut), undue interference in a marriage by the mother-in-law,  abduction of her two daughters and restraining her from knowing of their where about nor seeing them, seized academic papers, traveling passports, Canadian residential documents alongside her personal belongings; Christina Onwuliri the estranged daughter in-law to Lady Viola Onwuliri, wife of Late Professor Celestine Onwuliri, and Nigeria's Minister of state Foreign Affairs and later State Education, in Ex - President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration,  have accused her mother in-law, of undue interference in her marriage, in which the mother - in-law imposed decisions on the young couple. Christina has called on the Human Rights Commission to investigate and intervene the matter.

Christina and Hubby Chukwuemeka Onwuliri

Five years after their marriage, Christina said it’s been war between herself, her mother in-law lady Viola Onwuliri and her husband Chukwuemeka Osmond Eleihe Onwuliri over lady Viola Onwuliri's undue and unhealthy interference in the relationship of her children’s marriages. “Since our marriage was contracted, my mother in-law has continually decided what happens in my home, thereby having undue and unhealthy interference in the relationship with my husband. She said.

“Between 2011 and 2014, while I was living in Port Harcourt with my husband, he physically and mentally abused me. For example, when arguments concerning on way forward in the marriage, he gets infuriated and physically beats me and locks me up in the toilet for as long as he wishes,” she stated.

As informed, the current happenings which has escalated to the very level of the daughter in-law being locked out of her matrimonial home by her husband after being manhandled and abused by him has been a matter of  review before the Nigeria Police and Human Rights office in Abuja. Not only that the former Minister allegedly influenced the reason to what made her son to lock his wife out of their matrimonial home and took possession of her two grand children.

lady Viola Onwuliri

“In another interference of my mother in-law, she said that my husband is not obliged to keep me in Canada where we based or elsewhere in the world. And after this encounter with her, my husband told me we will be visiting Nigeria in February. I had no misgivings about it.

“When we arrived the family house in Owerri, I noticed the presence of a Catholic priest, a serving Honourable member of the State House of Assembly and few others that I don’t know their names. Later, I noticed that my husband picked up a bag and was leaving without prior information to me. Cautiously, I approached him to know where he was going, but to my greatest surprise, he violently pushed me into a room and locked me up.

“At that point, I saw those men taking my children away without my consent. Then, I started screaming and was helpless but had no option than to start breaking the window panes in the room to get myself out. When they saw I was breaking the glasses, one of the drivers opened the door and I came out shouting for help, and then my children were nowhere to be found.”

The Onwuliri's in response to the accusations brought against them tagged Christina a 'Mad woman' whom the family has done everything to alleviate from her poverty background, including securing an academic job for her father. This claim was however disputed as recent publication by Ugochukwu Favour-Mayor, who paid Christina a visit in her father's house in Owerri - Imo state capital, revealed that Christina showed no signs of mental ailment, also that Christina's father have been in Imo State University’s Faculty of Engineering since 2006.

Christina and her father

In a quick move to rate her an ex-wife against the threat of rising media reports and reactions in her favour, news revealed that the Onwuliri family had served a divorce notice to Christina.

NNPC Moves To Tackle Fuel Crisis!

 The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation  (NNPC) has appealed to Nigerians for understanding and support as it works towards a stable supply of products across the country.

In a statement on it's twitter page, the NNPC revealed that the management is doing everything possible to end the prevailing challenges experienced by motorists, commuters & the general public in accessing fuel. 

To this respect, the Group Managing Director, and Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu has activated an intra-Ministerial Joint Monitoring Task Force made up of officials of DPR, PPPRA, and PPMC, to ensure and enforce compliance to the rules and regulations governing the supply and distribution of petroleum products.

The statement also revealed that the NNPC is partnering with the Major Oil Marketers Association of Nigeria in a bid to end the resurgence of fuel queues across the country. The collaborative efforts is expected to see that queues disappear in the days ahead as supplies are ramped up across the country.

Accordingly, there have been increased daily fuel supply to filling stations in the Abuja through Suleja Depot and Lagos area by an additional 50 trucks. Supplies to Port Harcourt, Calabar, Kano and Kaduna cities have equally been increased.