2kings Gh has finally released their long-awaited tune titled “True Love (Remix)” Featuring Gallaxy Gh. True Love (Remix) by 2kings Gh was produced by Ebeatz and it is their official single of the year.
The people of Mangu LGA today defied the morning showers that lasted hours to welcome their former Executive Chairman and Gubernatorial Flagbearer of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Barrister Caleb Mutfwang.
The people escorted Barrister Caleb Mutfwang and his entourage first to palace of the Mishkagham Mwagavul where he appreciated the traditional rulers, elders and the people of the Mangu LGA for their prayers and support during his campaigns leading to his emergence as the gubernatorial flagbearer of the PDP in Plateau State.
He thanked the Paramount Ruler of the Mwaghavul Nation for making out time out of his busy schedule to receive him and his entourage. Mutfwang said that he had come to receive the blessings of elders so that he can go with confidence when the campaigns begin. He called for prayers from the traditional council to ensure that when elected he will deliver on the mandate.
The Mishkhagam Mwaghavul,HRH Da John Hirse, who also had in attendance the Traditional Ruler of the Gindiri, HRH Charles Mato Dakat and other members of the Mangu traditional council blessed Barr. Caleb Mutfwang and his entourage and wished him well in his future endeavors.
Thereafter, Mangu Town Stood still with citizens defying the rains to waves joyfully at the convey of Barr Caleb Mutfwang and his entourage as they filled into the Pilot Primary School Bungah which was packed-out by enthusiastic and jubilant supporters who could not wait to see their illustrious son return home.
Various stakeholders took turns to address that people, assuring them that the emergence of Barr Caleb Mutfwang was timely and they had escorted him from across the Plateau State to show the acceptance he has across the State.
Barr Caleb Mutfwang was accompanied to the home coming by his Deputy Ngo Josephine Piyo and his lovely wife Mrs Mutfwang. Others present with him include Gubernatorial aspirants who contested with him, the Vice Chairman North Central of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Hon Theophilus Dakas-shan, State Chairman Hon Chris Hassan, and the immediate past State Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Chief Letep Dabang, former and serving members of the National and State Assembly, as well as PDP candidates in the 2023 General Elections as well as elders, critical stakeholders, various community development association in Mangu LGA
A 27 year old man named Joseph Fekala brutally murdered his 26-year-old girlfriend Kate Ogwoh, in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State. Joseph who hails from Ikibiri Community, in Southern Ijaw LGA of Bayelsa State strangled his lover on 28th July 2022.
It was learnt that the suspect killed Kate over a N50,000 debt he’s owing for clothes she sold to him. Notably, the deceased was a dealer in clothes, according to a source who wished to remain anonymous.
In addition, the source said: “She used to sell clothes. The suspect was owing her N50,000 and she went to get the money from him yesterday (Thursday).”
“No one heard from her until this Friday morning when her mother went looking for her at the man’s house and saw the shallow grave, that’s when she raised the alarm.”
According to Bayelsa State Police Command’s report, after strangling his lover to death, Joseph allegedly buried her remains in a shallow grave in his bedroom.
According to the statement from the state’s police public relations officer, Asinim Butswat; the culprit was apprehended on July 29, 2022, at around 8am, as a result of a tip off from neighbours.
The statement read “Joseph Fekala, 27 years of Ikibiri Community, but residing at Okaka, strangled one Kate Ogwoh, f, 26 years to death on 28th July 2022. He buried the deceased in a shallow grave in his bedroom.”
“The suspect was arrested following a tip-off by neighbours on 29 July 2022, at about 0800 hours. He is being detained at the State Criminal Investigation Department. The investigation is ongoing.”
Larry Gaaga – Blessings ft. Jesse Jagz, Tega Star Mp3 Download Audio
Here is the visuals to the recent released Nigerian record producer and songwriter, Larry Gaaga super amazing tune titled, “Blessings”.
Apparently, on the song ‘Blessings’, Larry Gaaga collaborates with Nigerian rapper, Jesse Jagz and talented singer, Tega Star.
However, it follows Larry Gaaga’s first offering for the year titled, “Monica“ featuring Ajebo Hustlers and De La Ghetto.
Finally, ‘Blessings’ was mixed by STG.
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Nigerian amazing dazzling maestro singer, CKay has released the official video to his latest single, “WATAWI.”
CKay collaborates with Nigerian superstar, Davido, South African Amapiano pioneers, Focalistic and Abidoza.
Prior to the release of the song, Davido hinted that CKay’s instalment, “WATAWI” will be the biggest club song ahead of his song with DaBaby.
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Nigerian super amazing talented songwriter and rapper Phyno connect with the music maestro Tekno to this amazing mid-tempo love vibe tune titled “Full Current”.
Full Current by Phyno and Tekno is a massive vibe which has come to stay.
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The Plateau State Government has opened up on the proposed deal which will see the rebuilding of the Jos Main Market following recent controversy and allegations over ceding of the famous Market to JAIZ Bank.
While further clarifying the details of rebuilding the market, Hon commissioner of Communication, Dan Manjang stated that the Government has also engaged the leadership of the Plateau State House of Assembly and its relevant Committees on the benefits of the project to the State.
See statement below:
PLATEAU STATE GOVERNMENT
JOS MAIN MARKET: PLATEAU STATE IS NOT CEDING MARKET TO JAIZ BANK, GOVERNMENT ALLAYS FEARS OF CITIZENS.
BACKGROUND:
It is common knowledge that the Jos Main Market is one of the iconic landmarks of Plateau State and a source of pride to the citizens who hold it dear to their hearts. The destruction of the market in 2002 has therefore remained one of the most tragic incidents to ever befall the State which caused unquantifiable economic loses, emotional trauma and denied the State tourist and business opportunities which prevailed before its destruction.
During the campaign for the Governorship of Plateau State in 2015, Rt. Hon. Simon Bako Lalong (then candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC) promised to rebuild the market if elected. Those who watched the gubernatorial election debate would recall that whereas Lalong promised to rebuild the market, his major opponent said otherwise. At the end of the day, the electorate made their choice based upon this promise and many others that the APC candidate offered.
Therefore, upon coming into office in 2015, the Governor began the process of rebuilding the Jos Main Market as one of his key priorities. His Rescue Administration contacted major financial institutions and investors within and outside the country for the project. Many came with huge enthusiasm and promises which appeared promising and prompted the Government to demolish the existing parts of the structure on May 17 2019 in preparation for the reconstruction. It is important to note that at this point that a lot of politically motivated propaganda had started being circulated against the efforts of the Governor where it was alleged that billions were spent to demolish the structure. This was false.
Nevertheless, the Government was not deterred and continued detailed discussions with the investors that indicated interest in rebuilding the market. These discussions got deeper but became stuck upon requests from the intending investors and financial institutions which in summary required that Plateau State:
a. Gives them a Bank Guarantee
b. Letter of Comfort to own and manage the market for as long as it takes them to recoup their investment
c. Guarantee to off-take 70% of the shops (in other words buy them)
d. Bring 20% of the cost of reconstruction aside the land being its equity etc.
These negotiations which involved many experts and key Government officials continued and the offers did not favour the State but put it at a disadvantage. Moreover, the Government was not in a position to give Bank Guarantee of almost 20 billion naira that some investors submitted. It could not also pledge to off-take the shops when built instead of buyers doing so. Many would remember that the Government was committed to settling backlog of inherited salaries from the previous PDP administration and ensuring paying regularly; completing abandoned projects inherited from the PDP; working to improve IGR among others which meant it could not guarantee such demands made by the prospective investors. The Governor further met with foreign and local investors who did not also provide any better deal for the State in the rebuilding of the Jos Main Market. Looking at other commitments of the Government already tied to its monthly income, it was not possible to enter into another funding that will be a huge burden for the State and nearly impossible to handle.
THE JAIZ BANK OFFER:
Despite the setbacks, Governor Lalong kept hope alive and promised to do his best to fulfill his promise to the people of Plateau State who gave him their mandate in 2015 and 2019. This determination yielded positive results when the Governor upon learning of other huge market projects in various Northern, Eastern and South South States funded by Jaiz Bank Plc, decided to engage them on the idea of rebuilding the burnt Jos Main Market. Talks started in 2021 between the State Government and Jaiz Bank. Series of deliberations were held which brought up the following offer by the investing bank.
Having gone through the offer by Jaiz Bank, the State Executive Council further subjected the proposal to extensive deliberations and scrutiny and came to the conclusion that the deal was good for the State and the investor, hence its approval. Besides, the Government carried out its due diligence to study the track record of Jaiz Bank in delivering such projects. It found that the bank in partnership with Kano State government and private investors, is constructing a multi-million world-class drug-only wholesale market, the first of its type in Nigeria, at the Kano Economic City. In a similar arrangement, the bank in partnership with the Niger State Government, is developing three hectares in the Minna City Centre to provide for a shopping complex, modern underground parks, modern filling station, warehouses, corner shops, restaurants and a recreational centre. It is also doing so in Kaduna and Enugu States among others. Based on above examples of performance profile and experience the Plateau State Government is optimistic of the bank’s capacity to handle the Jos market project and deliver.
Therefore, the Government has also engaged the leadership of the Plateau State House of Assembly and its relevant Committees on the benefits of the project to the State.
SENSITIZATION AND AWARENESS:
Thereafter, the State EXCO mandated its relevant MDAs to carry out sensitization and awareness by engaging various stakeholders ahead of the signing of the MOU for Rebuilding the Jos Main Market. The Governor also personally engaged top religious, traditional, elders and other leaders of thought on the project knowing fully the passion that they have on the market which is a great heritage of the State. As part of the engagement and sensitization, the Hon. Commissioners for Commerce, Information and Communication and other Government officials met with stakeholders representing various groups in the State to breakdown the content of the proposed MOU between Plateau State Government and Jaiz Bank. This was successfully done with questions being raised by those in attendance and answers provided.
Regrettably, the outcome of this engagement has been twisted, politicised and reported under the caption “Governor Lalong cedes Jos Main Market to Islamic Bank”. This has unnecessarily invoked passions and emotions portraying a false narrative that the State was parting with its cherished heritage to an “Islamic Bank”. While the Government respects the rights of its citizens to raise questions on every decision and make their observations and displeasure known, the Rescue Administration wishes to allay the fears being raised as the deal will not work against the State. Rather, it is an opportunity to once again raise the sleeping giant heritage of the famous Jos Main Market which has not added any value to the Government and its people since it was burnt down 21 years ago.
Government assures the citizens of Plateau State that sensitization and enlightenment will continue before, during and after the reconstruction in order to address genuine concerns which require answers and clarifications.
BENEFITS OF THE DEAL TO PLATEAU STATE AND ITS CITIZENS
While Jaiz Bank hopes to make profit from the partnership for its shareholders, the Government and people of Plateau State also stands to gain a lot from the reconstruction of the Jos Main Market. Here are some expected benefits for the State and its citizens.
CONCLUSION:
From the foregoing, it is very clear that the intentions of the Plateau State Government is pure and well thought out as they are for the benefit of the State and its citizens. The terms of the MOU between the Government and Jaiz Bank are clear and be be scrutinised and can be verified. The Rescue Administration under the leadership of Rt. Hon. (Dr) Simon Bako Lalong will never do anything to mortgage the heritage, rights and privileges of its people. On the contrary, the Lalong administration is buying back sold assets such as the BARC Farms which has been acquired. In the reconstruction of the Jos Main Market, Government has weighed all the options and found that this deal is the most favourable considering the lack of funds for the Government to carry out direct intervention or take a loan with astronomical interest rates. Leaving the market at its current state does not do anyone good because it is not generating anything for the State and its citizens. Rather, the land remains wasted and a hideout for criminals.
The Government wishes to assure the citizens that everything is being done to ensure that interested Plateau people benefit from the shops and also participate in the economic activities that will come up once the market is delivered.
Therefore, the Government appeals to all citizens to carefully peruse the project and avoid being deceived by politicians who are bent on ensuring that the market is not reconstructed so as to score cheap political point against Governor Lalong and the APC particularly at the eve of the general elections.
Bottom line is that Jos Main Market is the property of Plateau State and shall remain so for ever. However, it makes no economic sense for the property to remain at its current state of decomposition when it can be revived and put to use in a win- win situation for the benefit of the citizens. If any citizen has a better and genuine offer for the reconstruction of the market than the one on the table right now, the Lalong Government is a listening one and would pay attention. As at today, there has not been such offer. What is needed is the unity of purpose and the will to make this project a reality for posterity and the good of the people of Plateau State. Not everything needs to be politicised.
There is no need for anxiety, sentiments, misgivings, misconceptions and misrepresentation which is being pushed out by political forces that has resulted in name-calling, insults and hatred of both Government and individuals in the social media and otherwise. As a matter of fact as Government is aware of planned demonstrations being sponsored by the opposition against this noble gesture initiative between Plateau State Government and Jaiz Bank.
Let us always THINK and ACT Plateau.
Hon. Dan Manjang, anipr
Commissioner for Information and Communication, Plateau State.
28th July 2022.
Bandits bands raid communities, assault drivers, kidnap students, and kill anyone who opposes them in northwest Nigeria.
What do these men want, and who are they?
In a new BBC Africa Eye documentary, some of the most dreaded bandits leaders in Zamfara state are exposed as the source of Nigeria’s worst security crisis.
Zamfara state in northwest Nigeria has been plagued by violence for the past ten years. Armed with Kalashnikovs and machetes; young men in gangs enter villages on motorbikes and set them on fire, rape, steal, and kill.
But even youngsters are not safe. Hundreds of students have been kidnapped from boarding schools throughout the state; held captive at bandit hideouts buried deep in the woods while being demanded for ransom.
Mass murders and abductions grab headlines, yet there hasn’t been much local reporting; leaving fundamental questions unanswered. These thieves, who are they? What are they seeking? How did this violence start, and why?
BBC Africa Eye has spent more than two years locating and interviewing some of the most infamous bandits commanders in Zamfara in an effort to find answers.
A young Nigerian journalist and law student named Yusuf Anka visited bandits commanders in isolated settlements all around the state; including one of the guys who kidnapped nearly 300 girls from a high school in Jangebe in February 2021, at great personal risk.
The most shocking facts in the movie relate to the kidnapping of the roughly 300 girls.
The girls were taken by robbers from a public high school in Jangebe in February 2021.
Subsequently, the robbers who carried out the kidnapping were never apprehended and refused to talk to the media in the past; but the BBC team managed to find one of the attackers who oversaw the attack on the school.
He says on video that the Nigerian government paid the bandits a ransom of 60 million Naira to release the girls. Anka queries, “What did you do with the money?” “We got extra weapons,” is the prompt response.
The government of Zamfara state has always denied that any ransom was paid to the bandits.
Aleru has been the subject of recent controversy in Nigeria after receiving the title; “Chief of the Fulani” and being “turbaned” by an emir in Zamfara state.
Specifically, he responded to the BBC’s question about how many individuals he had abducted: “My men do that; I just go and murder them.”
Aleru is evasive when it comes to his political goals. However, one of his allies expresses the complaints that are pushing many young Fulani men to join bandit bands.
The man tells us that cow herding has traditionally been a part of life for the Fulani people. However, he revealed that it has gotten harder as traditional grazing routes have been cut off; with land and water becoming rare.
According to the man, the Fulani are routinely denied access to government employment and other economic possibilities. Also, he revealed that the Nigerian Air Force regularly targets and kills innocent Fulani ranchers and their cattle. Further, he questions, “How have the Fulani become so useless in Nigeria.”
The Bandit Warlords of Zamfara offer no simple explanation for the crisis that is destroying lives across northwestern Nigeria. Nevertheless, it does reveal, with painful clarity, the human cost of violence.
The Federal Government has disclosed that it will sanction the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) and Trust TV for airing respective documentaries glorifying and fueling terrorism, banditry in Nigeria.
This was disclosed by Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed.
He made this known while speaking with newsmen on Thursday, July 28, 2022 in Abuja.
Mohammed said the Federal Government is aware of the unprofessional documentary by the BBC Africa Eye; in which interviews were granted to bandit warlords and terror gangs, thereby promoting terror in the country. Consequently, he condemned the BBC for not upholding the same standards and tenets as they would have done in the UK.
In addition, the Minister berated Trust TV for using its platform to grant interview to a bandit kingpin, Shehu Rekeb; noting that its action was promoting the activities of terrorists. Trust TV is owned by Media Trust Ltd., operators of Daily Trust Newspapers.
According to him, both platforms by their actions have become accomplices to terrorists and bandits in the name of reporting. Further, he said the appropriate regulatory body was already looking at the infractions; while disclosing that appropriate sanctions would be meted to both platforms.
“There is a regulatory body regulating broadcasting which is the Nigeria Broadcasting Commission (NBC)…They are also aware of these two incidents.
“They are looking at which part of the Broadcasting Code that has been violated by the BBC and Trust TV.
“Media is the oxygen that terrorists and bandits use to breathe.
“When otherwise reputable platforms like BBC can give their platform to terrorists showing their faces as if they are Nollywood stars, it is unfortunate. I want to assure them that they will not get away with it. Appropriate sanctions will be meted to both the BBC and the Trust TV.
The minister said that the fact that the BBC is a foreign medium and not under NBC regulations, notwithstanding, sanctions will be meted to the medium.
“Let me assure you that they will not get away with the naked glorification of terrorism and banditry in Nigeria.
“If they are not registered in Nigeria and they are only sending their signals to Nigeria, we will ask them to stop sending the signals.
“I know that during the IRA days, the BBC will not dare do what they are doing now in Nigeria.
“It is because there is a country called Nigeria that they are operating here,’’ he said.
Equally important, Lai Mohammed stated that the Federal Government would not tolerate any attempt by any media organisation to use its platform to set the country on fire.
The Bishop of the Church of Nigeria, Anglican Communion, Owo Diocese, Stephen Fagbemi, has called on the Federal Government to address the issue of security challenges and other issues threatening the existence of the country before the 2023 general elections.
The cleric warned that failure to resolve the issues may not augur well for the country.
Fagbemi gave the warning while reading the Bishop’s Charge at the first session of the 14th Synod of Diocese of Owo Anglican Communion, held at the St. Paul’s Church, Ifon, headquarters of the Ose Local Government. The synod was themed “Chosen to proclaim”.
According to him, Nigeria has found itself in a most unfortunate state; to the extent that some were beginning to suggest that it is becoming a failed state; [particularly as a result of the inability of the government to address the country’s problems.
In addition, he called on churches and individuals to commence a process of self-defense mechanism; especially in the face of the present security threat to the country; adding that if urgent action is not taken by the government, the country may explode.
He said, “What we heard from those who have been released from kidnappers’ den is that a particular ethnic group of this country is responsible…They have a plan to take over every part of the country. We have heard this line of claim several times. A responsible government ought to have investigated this by now and come up with a clear strategy for dealing with this trend.”
On the forthcoming general elections, the cleric said Nigerians need leaders with the necessary aptitude; as well as the courage to lead the country out of its quagmire.
He also noted that until the country recognises the rights of every Nigerian to practice the faith of their choice; without any intimidation and discrimination; peace, progress and justice will continue to elude the country.
“Going for the 2023 elections without defining these issues and many others that threaten our collective existence is to defer the evil day. I appeal to all civil, religious, and political leaders of this country to abandon all selfish interests and deal with these urgent national issues,” he charged.