Osun Assembly felicitates with Christian

Osun state House of Assembly under the leadership of the Speaker, RT. Honourable Najeem Salam has sent warm greetings to all Christians in the state over this year’s Easter celebration.

Mr Ernest Okorie and others of St Dominic Church Young Christian Workers performed the Passion of Jesus as Christians all over the world mark Good Friday the day Jesus Christ was crucified yesterday.

 The Assembly notes that Easter period is the heart of Christianity as it highlights the message of redemption brought to the world through the sacrifice of Jesus Christ, his death and resurrection. It therefore enjoins residents of the state to emulates virtues of sacrifice exemplified by the death of Christ on the cross of Calvary.

Osun Assembly urged all Christians to also use the period to pray for the state especially as the it looks forward to the emergence of new leader. While wishing all Christians a successful celebration, the Parliament urged practitioners of all faiths in the state to continue to live in peace and harmony for the progress of the state.

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Dj Spinall, Efya, Ric Hassani set to join Wizkid, 2Face for Gidi fest 2018

With preparations for Gidi Culture Festival 2018 in full swing, the event organizers have added more names to the already stacked line-up.

The event is scheduled to hold on Good Friday, March 30 at Hard Rock Café Beach Front, Landmark , Oniru. The diverse heavy hitting line-up now includes Dj Spinall, Ric Hasani, Ghanaian Songstress EFYA, Tay Iwar, Odunsi, while the duo of Spanky and Jess will host the show.

Wizkid-2face When asked about the line-up, Chin Okeke, one of the founders explained that “It had to be special for our 5th edition and we wanted to make sure there was something for everybody”.

This year the organizers have introduced the Next Gen Stage, which they will be curating and promoting in partnership with Universal Music. The stage serves as an ode to a very progressive movement of young determined creatives who aren’t taking no for an answer and challenging the status quo.

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Ekiti Govt. disburses N400m to owners of demolished houses

The Ekiti Government says it has paid N400 million as compensation to those affected by the ongoing demolition exercise in the state.

The State Commissioner for Lands, Housing and Urban Development, Mr. Tayelolu Otitoju disclosed this during a press conference in Ado-Ekiti on Friday. Otitoju explained that government’s action on the demolition was not to deliberately render residents homeless, and thereby make life difficult for them, as being insinuated.

He said that the exercise was part of the Urban Renewal programme of the present administration, aimed at giving Ado Ekiti, the state capital and other major towns a facelift that would make it wear the toga of a real state capital.

The beneficiaries received between N100,000 to N2 million as compensation, depending on the nature and size of the structure because, some of them were either built with mud while others were modern houses.

 The Commissioner disclosed that more than 300 houses had so far been demolished under the exercise in Ado Ekiti, Ikere Ekiti, Efon Alaaye, Omuo Ekiti, Ise Ekiti, Emure Ekiti and Ijero Ekiti, among others. He said the relatively high number of houses demolished by the present administration was as a result of the rapid development going on in the state.

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Doctor explains fake pregenancy issue

Pathological desire to have children and deliberate efforts by women to swindle money and other valuables from their husbands make some women to falsely claim they are pregnant, a doctor says. Dr Hussein Adamu of Ummah Hospital, Jalingo, spoke in reaction to a claim by a woman that she lost her pregnancy to kidnappers who removed her foetus.

The woman, Nafisa Isa, in Jalingo on Tuesday claimed that three unidentified persons abducted her near her residence at Anguwan Baraya area of the town. “ I went out to do some shopping around 9 o’clock in the morning when two men and a woman hypnotised and dragged me into their already packed vehicle and drove off.

“ When I woke up, the only thing I could remember was that they gave me an injection which, apparently, allowed them to remove my foetus and placenta before fleeing. “ A woman who took me to Ummah Hospital said she saw me loitering near Mallum, on the outskirts of Jalingo, in the pool of my blood,” she told newsmen. T

he story elicited shock and sympathy from the residents, including community and religious leaders, who urged the police to investigate the matter. But Adamu told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the entire scenario was a case of “phantom pregnancy”. He explained that medical tests conducted by the hospital revealed that Nafisa was not pregnant although she had lied to her husband that she was carrying his baby for almost nine months.

“ When we conducted Pregnancy Tests on her the result was negative. “Her vagina was dry and closed; no breast discharge and scan result showed no retained products (lochia) in her uterus. “ Normally, even if a woman is induced, it will take her between nine and 12 hours before she delivers; it cannot be within four hours as she claimed in the story,

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PMB congratulates Investors in Nigeria

President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday expressed appreciation to foreign and local investors that agreed to commit their investment into Nigeria, aimed at boosting the country’s economy.

 Buhari, who unveiled a plaque to commemorate his visit to the Eko Atlantic City project,

expressed his appreciation to investors after being shown round the project by Gov. Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State. President Buhari He said that their investment had helped to provide employment for Nigerians, reducing the rate of unemployment in the country.

“I am extremely grateful to those that agreed to invest so much in our country. “I have just gone round to see the Eko Atlantic City. I am extremely impressed with the potentiality of this project and the amount of jobs and its effect on the economy and what it is capable of bringing,’’

 Buhari said. The President, while expressing his satisfaction with the ocean reclamation embarked upon by the state government and its partners, said that the investment had impacted on the country’s economy. Earlier, Gov. Akinwunmi Ambode said that the project was an example of what the private sector could do to the nation’s economy.

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