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‘Buhari not dead…deserves prayer for sound health’ – Minister

The Minister of Communications, Mr Adebayo Shittu, on Friday dismissed speculations on that President Muhammadu Buhari is dead.

Shittu, who represented Buhari in Ilorin, at the formal opening of the 31st National Qur’anic Recitation Competition, said: “President Buhari is not dead.’’

The minister advised Nigerians to continue to continue to pray for the president.

“There is need to pray fervently for economic recovery. President Muhammadu Buhari is not dead, he deserves prayers for sound health as well as for the entire growth of the nation,” Shittu said.

The minister commended Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, for organising the event nationwide in the last 31 years.

He noted that the competition would further boost the spiritual inclination of the entire Muslim Ummah.

Shittu also lauded the Kwara governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed, for accepting the hosting responsibilities for the 2017 edition of the competition.

In his address, the governor commended the organisers for granting the hosting right of the event to the state.

According to Ahmed, “It is pleasing to note that this year’s National Qur’anic Recitation Competition has brought together Muslim Ummah from far and wide to demonstrate our reverence to the Almighty.’’

The Vice Chancellor of the Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, Prof. Abdullahi Zuru, enumerated some of the objectives of the competition to be “contribution to the sustenance of the tried and trusted mechanism of preservation of the glorious Qur’an.

“To select gifted and talented youths who will represent Nigeria at international Qur’anic recitation competition in 2017 as well as also discover brilliant Muslim youths for possible scholarship awards by governments and philanthropists’’.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the opening ceremony of the competition was attended by the Emir of llorin, Alhaji lbrahim Sulu-Gambari, some first class traditional rulers in the state and people from all walks of life.

February 3, 2017
Buhari on vacation, nobody can force him to speak if he doesn’t want to – Presidency

In a swift response to calls in some quarters for the president to address the nation to ascertain his health status, the presidency has said the president is on vacation in London and nobody can force the president to speak if he doesn’t want to.

TheNewsGuru.com recalls that there was tension in the country during the weekend as some sections of the media reported that the president has passed on in an undisclosed London hospital.

The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, in an interview with CNBC Africa, insisted that Buhari’s trip to London was not on medical ground.

He said, “The President is in London on vacation. He is not in any hospital and he is not ill.

“When he was travelling last week, the statement we put out was that he was going on vacation and during the vacation, he would do routine medical check-up and nothing has changed from what we pushed out last week.

“If anybody has fed something else into the rumour mill, that is just what it is — rumour.”

Asked if Buhari would be willing to talk to Nigerians from the UK, Adesina said such a decision could only be taken by the President himself.

“The fact that he is a President, he still has his rights. Compelling him to come out and talk will be infringing on his rights.

“The President will talk if he wishes to. If he doesn’t wish to, nobody will compel him to talk.

“The truth is that the President is on vacation and he has given a date on which he will return to work,’’

TheNewsGuru.com reports that the president has handed to over to Vice President Yemi Osibajo and he is expected back in the country on February 6.

January 27, 2017
Nobody can force Buhari to speak to Nigerians – Presidency

*Says Buhari no ill, no in any London hospital

The presidency yesterday dispelled rumours that President Muhammadu Buhari is critically ill with an undisclosed sickness, stressing that nobody can however force the president to speak to Nigerians at a time he (Buhari) is on vacation.

It also said that the President was in London only on vacation and claimed he is not ill and also not on admission in any hospital in London.

The Special Adviser to the President, Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina made the clarification on Thursday in a live interview programme on CNBC Africa by the .

In the said programme monitored by TheNewsGuru.com, Adesina said that the rumoured hospitalization of the President was a figment of people imaginations.

“The President is in London on vacation. He is not in any hospital and he is not ill.

“When he was travelling last week the statement we put out was that he was going on vacation and during the vacation he would do routine medical check-up and nothing has changed from what we pushed out last week.

“If anybody has fed something else into the rumour mill that is just what it is- rumour”, Adesina said.

The President’s spokesman said it was at the discretion of the President to choose whether to talk to Nigerians from the UK or not.

“The fact that he is a president, he still has his rights. Compelling him to come out and talk will be infringing on his rights. “The President will talk if he wishes to if he doesn’t wish to, nobody will compel him to talk.

“The truth is that the President is on vacation and he has given a date on which he will return to work,’’ he said.

January 27, 2017
Queen Elizabeth resumes duties as she recovers from cold

Queen Elizabeth has resumed official duties as she continues to recover from a heavy cold that forced her to miss Christmas and New Year Church services.

A spokeswoman said on Wednesday in London that on resumption, she gave an honour to a member of her staff in a private ceremony.

“On Tuesday, the queen gave a member of her staff, Raymond Wheaton, the insignia of a Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order, an honour that usually rewards personal service to her or the monarchy.

“The private ceremony took place at Sandringham and no pictures were available,’’ she said.

The 90-year-old monarch fell ill before Christmas and delayed her trip from London to her country estate at Sandringham in eastern England by a day.

The Queen then took the very rare decision not to attend the festive season church services.

She has not been seen in public since before she became unwell and Buckingham Palace has said she was recuperating from a heavy cold.

The spokeswoman added that the queen also sent a personal message of condolence on Tuesday to Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan following the New Year’s Eve attack on a nightclub in Istanbul that killed 39 people.

January 4, 2017
BREAKING: Ibori steps out of prison

James Onanefe Ibori, former governor of Delta State, has stepped out of prison in the United Kingdom (UK) where he served a 13 years jail term for corruption and money laundering.

Ibori’s release followed a dramatic turn of events at a British High Court in London in which Home Secretary, Amber Rudd, was accused of acting unlawfully and misusing her powers, and in which some UK police officers were confirmed corrupt.

A reporter of TheNewsGuru monitoring the turn of events of the enthralling Ibori case from the UK has exclusively informed that Ibori’s sister, Christine Ibori Ibie, has lead a pack of associates of the former governor to pick him at the prison, which is a few hours away from London, with Ibori expected to be in the city in a couple of hours or so.

Also read: Efforts to keep Ibori in further detention by British govt fails

Already, there is excitement and celebrations across Nigeria, especially at Ibori’s Oghara hometown, and in the UK, among his associates who have been on ground the UK to accord him grandstanding reception.

Justice Juliet May of the British High Court ordered Ibori’s release few minutes past noon after rejecting Rudd’s request for conditions to be imposed on Ibori’s release. The visibly irritated Judge could not understand the Home Secretary’s position and at times was critical of the move to detain Ibori any further.

Rudd was refusing Ibori’s release on the ground that Ibori hands over £18m of “proceeds of crime,” but the High Court Judge said the attempts to detain him were “quite extraordinary”.

Justice May said: “You don’t hold someone just because it is convenient to do so and without plans to deport them”.

Justice May also rejected an application from UK’s Home Office that Ibori be electronically tagged and subject to strict curfew conditions, accepting arguments that the Home Secretary was attempting to misuse her immigration and deportation powers.

The Home Office’s said the government was concerned that Ibori might “frustrate confiscation proceedings” and wanted him kept in jail or subject to strict controls on his movement.

Ibori’s barrister, Ivan Krolic, explained that Ibori’s confiscation proceedings collapsed in 2013, after the prosecution was unable to establish any theft from the Delta State treasury and any benefit for Ibori.

“A three-week hearing which heard live evidence was abandoned by the prosecutors – Wass QC and Shutzer-Weissman. Both prosecutors have since been dismissed from the case for gross misconduct,” Krolic said.

Krolic further explained that British police officers in the case led by DC McDonald, have again been referred to the Independent Police Complaints Commission and now face a tough investigation into their corrupt activities in this case.

“The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has confirmed officers in the case were corrupt. It has since disclosed substantial material evidencing the graft,” Krolic said.

The conviction of James Ibori followed a government anti-corruption campaign led by the Department for International Development (DfID) 10 years ago.

But earlier this year the Director of Public Prosecutions, Alison Saunders, demanded a review of the evidence following allegations that police took bribes and prosecutors covered it up.

“The review team found material to support the assertion that a police officer received payment in return for information,” the CPS admitted in September.

It emerged in court today that the CPS, which is pursuing the confiscation proceedings, was “neutral” about Ibori’s release and deportation.

Ian MacDonald QC, representing Ibori, said: “The Secretary of State has taken it upon herself. There is no objection from (the CPS) for release”.

“This is extraordinary,” Justice May said. “They (the CPS) don’t care.”

“Why doesn’t the Secretary of State just send him back?” she asked. “He wants to go. She wants him to go”.

Ordering Ibori’s release, Justice May said: “The Secretary of State appears to have taken it upon herself that Ibori does remain in this country, in apparent contradiction of the order served earlier this year to deport him”.

“The position of the Secretary of State, as very candidly set out by Mr Birdling (representing the Home Secretary), is that she accepts that there is an argument that she has no power to detain him.

“I have decided that the balance of convenience falls heavily in favour of his immediate release.

“I am not prepared to impose conditions involving tagging or curfews,” Justice May declared.

While Ibori has been released to be in the UK, the Judge, however, ordered that the matter of his deportation from the UK should be heard before the end of January.

For synopsis on Ibori’s release, follow the links below:

BREAKING: Bid to keep Ibori in further detention by British govt fails
BREAKING: London court orders Ibori’s immediate release
Nigerians invade London for Ibori

December 21, 2016
Photos: Jubilation over Ibori release paralyses Benin/Warri road

The release of former Governor of Delta State, James Ibori has triggered wild jubilation in his hometown, Oghara, Ethiope East Local Government Area of Delta State.

The group of revelers which consists Oghara politicians, elders, women, youths and children danced, drank and chanted celebration songs over the news of the release of the former governor.

According to eye witnesses at the scene, the ongoing jubilation over Ibori’s release has paralysed Oghara/ Benin Expressway and virtually all streets were blocked, making it difficult for passengers to travel through the routes to their various destinations.

December 21, 2016
BREAKING: London court orders Ibori’s immediate release

A London court has ordered the immediate release of James Onanefe Ibori from prison before nightfall today.

Ibori was convicted and jailed for corruption and money laundering by a Southwark Crown court on 17th April 2012 in the United Kingdom (UK), but there has been mild drama today in the British High Court as senior lawyers for the UK’s Home Office failed in their last-minute bid to prevent Ibori’s release.

According to TheNewsGuru reporter monitoring the Ibori trend of events from the United Kingdom (UK), there was mild drama in the British High Court today as senior lawyers for the UK’s Home Office failed in their last-minute bid to prevent Ibori’s release.

TheNewsGuru can report that the apparent decision to block Ibori’s release and detain him appears to have come from the highest echelons of the UK Government – the Home Secretary who was accused in today’s hearing of acting unlawfully and misusing her powers.

Sian Davies, the Crown Prosecution lawyer did not object to Ibori’s return to Nigeria, yet at the last minute the Home Office stepped in. There is clear discord between the two arms of the British Government.

Ibori’s team was led by Ian McDonald QC, the leading QC on immigration.

The visibly irritated Judge could not understand the Home Secretary’s position and at times was critical of the move to detain Ibori any further.

Justice Juliet May rejected the Home Secretary’s requests for conditions to be imposed and ordered Ibori’s immediate release.

British Home Secretary, Amber Rudd, is being unlawful and indications reveal she is misusing her powers.

Ivan Krolic, who also attended explained that Ibori’s confiscation proceedings collapsed in 2013, after the Prosecution was unable to establish any theft from the Delta State and any benefit for Ibori. A three-week hearing which heard live evidence was abandoned by the prosecutors – Wass QC and Shutzer-Weissman. Both prosecutors have since been dismissed from the case for gross misconduct.

Krollic further explained that British police officers in the case led by DC McDonald, have again been referred to the Independent Police Complaints Commission and now face a though investigation into their corrupt activities in this case. The CPS has confirmed officers in the case were corrupt. It has since disclosed substantial material evidencing the graft.

Ibori and others have long maintained that this prosecution was politically motivated. It was funded by the UK’s Department for International Development (DFID), whose senior employee was also the jury foreperson in one of the earlier trials.

The Ibori case has been plagued with British police corruption, exceptional prosecutorial misconduct and fundamental non-disclosure. A multitude of appeals have now been launched or are in the process of being launched.

As at the time of filing this report, the UK government has obeyed the court order with Christine Ibori Ibie leading a pack of Ibori associates to prison to pick up freed James Ibori.

December 21, 2016
Bobrisky says ‘bae’ misses his blowjobs

Nigerian self -acclaimed Snapchat king and bleaching proponent, Bobrisky revealed recently on his snapchat account that he is good at giving his ‘bae’ a blowjob.

The social media celeb who loves wearing makeup and dressing in women’s clothes is currently in London and he was seen with a white dude he called an admirer

Though he has debunked gay claims in several interviews, but his updates on Snapchat says something entirely different. He says his bae misses his lips and the hot blowjobs he gives him. He also said the mystery bae his dismayed with him for travelling to London and has locked the apartment he got for him.

In some quarters Bobrisky his known as a chronic liar and has been called out on Twitter severally.

See his Snapchat pictures below

December 8, 2016
Unbelievable! people paid £20 to meet Bobrisky

Nigeria’s snapchat sensation, Bobrisky hosted his fans in London yesterday at Shisha Bar, Greenwich, and London.

The amazing thing about the event was that people had to pay £20 for tickets in order to meet Bobrisky. According to reports, a lady shed tears on seeing him and a guy sprayed money on him.

As usual he shared snaps from the event on his snapchat

December 5, 2016