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Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State last week appointed Dr Austin Tam-George as the new commissioner for Information. Notice the uncanny resemblance between him & ex-president Jonathan?

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Yesterday, the president of Malawi Peter Mutharika slammed T.B Joshua over a prophecy he made recently. Sometime in January, T.B Joshua said a president in Southern African will die before April 1st.. "End of February to April this year, peculiar months for Southern Africa." Joshua said

Reacting, Mutharika, who became president in 2014 said “I’m told there is a man in Nigeria called Joshua and he is saying that Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe and Peter Mutharika will die before April 1. Let me tell you, Joshua… you will fail. What you did in 2012 will not happen again this year,” the president said on state TV. Now, what did Joshua do in 2012 that got the president scared?



In 2012 Joshua said He predicted the death of a president of an unnamed southern African country. Mutharika’s brother, Bingu, who was president at the time, died within the predicted time frame.

President Mutharika then used his church building collapse to mock Joshua
"Why did he not foretell this tragedy? This all shows that he is a liar. He just wants to raise money”

http://www.newshelm.com/2016/03/malawi-president-comes-for-tb-joshua.html

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The thanksgiving celebration of the traditional wedding between the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Babatunde Ogunwusi, Ojaja II and his new bride, Wuraola Otiti Zynab Obanor, took place at his palace today. More photos after the cut....



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Read this powerful piece Special Adviser to President Buhari on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, wrote on the death of former Minister of State for Labor, James Ocholi, his wife Blessing and their son Joshua. Read below...

Let's be honest with ourselves. When some baffling things happen, we question God, if not verbally, at least, in our hearts. But we pretend that we are not querying the Almighty. We say to ourselves: well, no man can question God.

However, in the deep recesses of our inner man, we have questions. But since we don't want to appear as interrogating God, we then keep quiet, saying "no man can query God."
It is in the light of that pretension (as if God does not know our very thoughts, even before they are formed in our hearts), that I situate the death of Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Mr James Ocholi, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), his wife, Blessing, and their son, Joshua, in an auto crash last Sunday. It was a tragedy of monumental proportions, which brought up a lot of ifs: what if the family had decided against the fatal journey? What if the vehicle had refused to start, and they had aborted the trip? What if the Minister had developed a runny stomach, and so could not travel? What if the car key had got mysteriously missing? What if...? The questions would never really end, and we then lay them at the doorsteps of God: what if God had not allowed the crash to happen? And of course, He has the power to have prevented it. He is omnipotent. He has all powers. He is omniscient, knowing all things. When James Ocholi was born in November, 1960, God knew he would be recalled home on March 6, 2016. When he courted Blessing, married her, and they began to raise a family, God knew they would both die the same day, continuing their romance into eternity. Or did God not know? He must have known. But could He have stopped such tragedy from happening, thus saving us from sorrow, tears and blood? He could have. So, why didn't He? Baffling. Confounding. Astonishing.
Yes, I am asking questions, but let me pretend that they are questions of faith. The news of the decimation of the Ocholi family sent me into a very painful deja vu. Just last December, my sister, a professor of Dramatic Arts at the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, had died in a gruesome accident on the Lagos/Ibadan Expressway. Foluke Ogunleye died along with her brother-in-law, who had visited from America, and was being ferried to the airport in Lagos to catch a flight later that evening. Rather, what he boarded was an eternal flight. He went on a journey of no return on a famished road.
When I heard about the Ocholis, I remembered the Adesinas, the Ogunleyes, and the pain we bore, and still bear. Don't I still shed a silent tear when nobody is looking? Don't I still sigh and shake my head mournfully whenever I remember my sister? Some broken hearts really never mend. And of course, the questions pop up again. What if...?
James Ocholi was no ordinary, inconsequential man before God. He was a devout, humble man. He served God in many ways. He was an ordained reverend of the Salem Family Church, though he did not flaunt the title like a badge of honour. He rather let his faith speak through his works. Yes, faith without works is dead. But Ocholi combined faith and works. Those who knew him saw piety in him. They saw humility. They saw the unobtrusive, self-effacing nature of a man who knew God. A man who had been national secretary of the Full Gospel Businessmen's Fellowship. When Ocholi was thrown out of his Sports Utility Vehicle on Kaduna-Abuja road last Sunday, and his body battered and mangled, it was no ordinary man that was being treated thus. It was a man of God, who was returning home to the God of man.
His time was up, we console ourselves. Yes, his time may have been up, but couldn't he have slept, and not woken up? If Heaven was so much in hurry to have Ocholi, his wife and son back, because they were needed to sing tenor, soprano and bass in the choir above, could they only have been recalled in such cruel circumstance?
Cruel! I must watch my words. On Wednesday, at the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting, a special session of tributes had been held for Ocholi. Minister after Minister had spoken, recalling good things about the deceased and their departed colleague. Very moving and poignant. But the words that continued to resonate in my ears and mind came from Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh. He ended his oration by giving thanks and praises to God. He then declared:"God is too kind to do anything cruel."
Profound. Thoughtful. Illuminating. God is too kind to do anything cruel. But who killed the Ocholis? The Devil? He was not supposed to have such latitude over the people of God. On that same road that day, armed robbers must have driven through safely. Assassins must have passed. All sorts of malefactors would have travelled safely, so why did a godly family perish? Does the world now belong to the Evil One? Is mankind now helpless before Satan? Only he could have brought such cruelty to the Ocholis and their loved ones, since cruelty is his stock-in-trade. But then, the question again (don't forget that it's a question asked in faith o, lest anybody accuse me of anything): why did God allow such cruelty to humanity, to the Ocholi family, to the government, to the church, the body of Jesus Christ, of which the late Minister was an ordained reverend gentleman? Why?
Who can claim to have all the answers? No man. The hidden things belong to God. In August 2013, my mother, and matriarch of the Adesina family had passed on, aged 75. Pastor Dayo Adewumi of my local church, Foursquare Gospel Church, had joined us to bid her a tearful farewell. All the seven Adesina children were inconsolable, but we nursed our wounds quietly. We were still trying to come to full terms with the loss of the woman we called Mama, when my sister died last December, aged 53. When Pastor Adewumi and his wife visited me in my Lagos home, where I was wailing like a wailing wailer, he prayed, and uttered something that was very instructive to me. He said:"Oh God, even as a pastor, this is rather too much for me to bear. Just about two years ago, I joined this family to bury their mother. All the children were there. Now, one of them has been taken away. This is rather shocking."
True. We go into shock when some unfathomable things happen to the people of God. We ask questions, not out of unbelief, not out of backsliding or lack of conviction. I now dub those posers as 'questions of faith.' When I ask them, I am not querying God or His omnipotence. I have seen Him at work in diverse ways, and can never doubt His power and presence. I am a captive of faith in God. A lawful captive. God has a right to hold me. I am His bondservant. I have seen His footprints in the storms, in the skies, on earth, everywhere. It is too late to stop believing. He is too kind to be cruel. Our Agric Minister, Chief Audu Ogbeh was right. Also right is the writer, Juliette Adam, who declared:"Death is the opening of a more subtle life. In the flower, it sets free the perfume;in the chrysalis, the butterfly; in man, the soul."
I mourn with the Ocholis. Only God can comfort them. As I condoled with President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday in his office, and he told me about the steadfastness and dedication of the departed, I could see his pains. He told me that when Ocholi had wanted to be governor of Kogi State on the platform of the then Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), "I joined him to campaign in almost all the local government areas in the state." Well, the strife is o'er, the battle done. James Ocholi is out of it all. I have questions. Questions of faith. But no matter what, I join the biblical Job in declaring:"Even if He slays me, I'll trust in Him."
What about you?



http://www.newshelm.com/2016/03/read-femi-adesinas-powerful-piece-on.html

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A reader who Shared this claims this is a filling station in Benue state and that they sell fuel at 180/litre.

http://www.newshelm.com/2016/03/photo-made-in-benue-filling-station.html

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Governor of Imo state, Rochas Okorocha was embarrassed in London by a Biafran who confronted him during a speech. Watch the video above.


http://www.newshelm.com/2016/03/exclusive-video-gov-rochas-okorocha.html

Internally Displaced Persons at the Malkohi IDP Camp in Yola, Adamawa State decided to establish a camp garden where they can grow vegetables to feed themselves.


http://www.newshelm.com/2016/03/photos-idps-cultivate-patch-of-land-at.html

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OGUNWUSI FAMILY REMAINS UNITED GIDIGBA AS PRINCE ADETUNJI HOSTS FATHER AND SIBLINGS IN HIS HOUSE

SHAME to the unnecessary speculations being promoted by some SOKISOMBOLOS whose wishes could only be to sing and dance to the music of disharmony and disunity within an unbreakably united royal family of a loving Father and caring mother blessed with enviably successful children.




Yes, two brothers were in the contest for the throne, and of course it could only be either of them being the two leading candidates among those "30 something" from GIESI jostling for the sacred royalty....... doubting consult the kingmakers.


Hosted by Prince Adetunji Ogunwusi, the real estate magnate immediate elder brother of Ooni Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi (Ojaja II) at his VGC Lekki residence on Tuesday, the KABIYESI's siblings accompanied by their lucky father held a historic family meeting where robust deliberations on the forthcoming ROYAL WEDDING and how to continue supporting His Imperial Majesty in his train of progress and development of IFE and OODUA NATION "la'papo" were had.


Pa Oluropo Ogunwusi(baba oloriire) I congratulate you sir, I congratulate Olori Wuraola aya Ogunwusi omo Soji-Opa of blessed memory( b'oja gboorogboro), I Congratulate Prince Adegboyega Ogunwusi(akobi omo) who called me with a foreign line and bountifully rained prayers on my head a week ago, I very heartily congratulate Prince Adetunji Ogunwusi(mighty but quite) this gentle giant is indeed a blessing to the Ogunwusis and ilu riaaa Ife-Ooye as a whole.


I also verily verily congratulate the trio of Princess Folasade aya Fadairo(Yeye 1), Princess Adesola aya Olojede(Yeye 2) and Princess Adebimpe aya Daodu(Yeye 3), you are undoubtedly the kind of sisters desired by reasonable brothers like myself as you've unquantifiably glamorized our much cherished royalty being dynamically managed by your brother, my principal and our father...........ME LE WO'JU RE O!


Finally, I humbly say congratulations to my father, my principal, my benefactor, ITI OMO IRUNMOLE, OTITI ARINKI'LEMI, JIGBINNI BI ATE AKUN, OKE LEYIN IFE, OJAJA FIDI OTE JALE, AROLE OODUA OLORI ALADE GBOGBO, Ooni Adeyeye Babatunde Enitan Ogunwusi(Ojaja II) not only being the destined occupier of the throne of your forefathers but also to have been born the lucky family of baba Oluropo and mama Wuraola Ogunwusi surrounded by the lovely and desirable siblings above mentioned.


O TI SE'ESE!!!

Comrade Moses Olafare,
Director of Media and Public Affairs,

Ooni's Palace.

http://www.newshelm.com/2016/03/palace-of-ooni-of-ife-issues-press.html

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Xenophibia: Nigerians demand compensation from S/Africa as Jacob Zuma visits Nigeria

On Tuesday, South African president Jacob Zuma paid a courtesy visit to President Buhari and Nigerians in the diaspora called on President Buhari to ensure the South African government adequately compensates victims of the 2015 xenophobia attack.

Mr Ikechukwu Anyene, president of Nigeria Union, South Africa urged president Buhari to seize the opportunity of Zuma's visit to ask for compensation, saying none of the Xenophobia attack victims have been compensated since then despite losing their means of livelihood.


“Lots of Nigerians lost their means of livelihood, material possessions and for many, all their hard work. We have sought for compensation on behalf of these victims from the South African government through the Nigerian government so that the victims can be adequately compensated. Up to this point in time nothing has been heard about the compensation request on behalf of the victims. For some years now, a lot of Nigerians in South Africa have been victims of assassination by unknown people and rogue officers of the South African Police Service. Most of the cases have not been solved and nobody has been arrested in majority of the cases, even as many of them were reported to the police with official case numbers, this is strange in a country where the police force is efficient and the rate of successful prosecution is high up to 92.2 per cent in 2014/15. We implore the minister to demand from the highest level of South African authorities to set up a panel to investigate our claims and address our concerns,” Anyene said.

http://www.newshelm.com/2016/03/xenophibia-nigerians-demand.html

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Students go to school on the back of a truck

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Ex- Aston Villa and Wimbledon striker John Fashanu's daughter, Amal Fashanu has revealed she knows about 7 gay footballers in the premier league who can't come out publicly because of the criticism and backlash that will befall them if they make their sexual orientation public.



During an interview with BBC Radio 5 Live, Amal, whose uncle Jamal Fashanu killed himself in 1998, 8 years after admitting he was gay, said footballers don't come out publicly to reveal their sexual orientation because they are trapped in a 'dark world'. Amal said of gay Premier League footballers:

'I actually know myself of seven. I will never, ever share their details. 'I’m not going to out them because I would never do that. You want to be honest, even to help them out, but you just can’t do that. The football world is extremely dark. I don’t even want to imagine being a footballer, what it must be like.'

In her revealing interview, Amal also admitted the toil that having a footballer father can have on a family.

"At times I find myself with a really big wall because you have to protect yourself," she said. "At the time my dad was playing for Aston Villa and on Gladiators, one of the biggest shows on a Saturday night. "He used to come and present prizes at sports day. And I used to try and win them all just so that I could see him for a little while. "I don’t think people realise how much families of footballers actually suffer. "My mum would try to protect me. So I wouldn’t find out things. But nowadays, with the internet, all you need to do is type in your own name and you can see it. It’s horrible."

http://www.newshelm.com/2016/03/i-know-seven-gay-footballers-who-wont_8.html

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Young ladies/actresses expose their breasts in a new Nollywood movie being shot in Nsukka...what kind of crappity crap is this?

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Wife of Rivers State Governor, Justice Suzzette Nyesom-Wike has stated that investing in the lives of less privileged children and the physically challenged would engender greater development as more people would be equipped to contribute to societal growth.
According to the Special Assistant to the Rivers State Governor, Electronic Media, Simeon Nwakaudu, Mrs Nyesom-Wike spoke on Monday in Port Harcourt during her visits to 'The Child' Special School, Home for the Elderly and the Port Harcourt Children Home as part of activities to commemorate the 2016 International Women's Day Celebration.

She noted that providing quality education to children with special needs will equip them with the right skills to live productive lives.
According to her, the state government will continue to support institutions that cater for children with special needs as that is the best way for the society.

She said: "These children must have their childhood protected so that they can contribute meaningfully to societal development in future".

At the home for the elderly, Justice Suzzette Nyesom-Wike stated that there should be constant respect and compassion for those who have dutifully served the society so that they can live the rest of their lives gracefully.

Responding at The Child Special School, Reverend Sister Sylvia Anyanwu said that the school is a project of the Catholic Diocese of Port Harcourt aimed educating children with intellectual disabilities especially those living with down's syndrome, cerebral palsy, autism and other crippling disabilities.

At the home of the elderly, Reverend Sister Mary-Jane Raphael Agubosi said the home improves lives of the elderly who are facing significant physical, psychological and dementia challenges.

Highpoint of the visits to the homes was the presentation of monetary and food gifts by the Wife of the Rivers State Governor.

The inmates of the homes also rendered songs to the delight of the wife of the governor and her entourage.

The governor was accompanied to the homes by wives of political appointees and elected officials in the state.

http://www.newshelm.com/2016/03/photos-justice-suzzette-nyesom-wike.html

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There was major traffic gridlock around Ogere, on the ever busy Lagos-Ibadan expressway on Friday March 4. Ogun State Governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, who was traveling on the road at that time, got down from his car to control the traffic. Meanwhile, while the Governor was controlling traffic, King Sunny Ade, who was passing by stopped to thank him.

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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arrested one Tonwerigha Oyintonbra Tombrown for allegedly duping an Irish businesswoman, Izabela Glogowska to the tune of €53,000 (equivalent of N11.6million) in an Internet scam.

According to a statement by the spokesperson of the antigraft agency, Wilson Uwajaren, the Irish woman Glogowska alleged that Tombrown who posed as a prominent online trader Michael Freeman, tricked her into sending him €1,000 via Western Union/Money gram as payment for a business deal.

She added that he later pretended to be one Ben Andrews demanding for an additional €10,000 claiming that there was a policy change. The same Andrews advised her to send the money to Tombrown in Nigeria, who ended up diverting the money to a fake account. Efforts to recover her money proved abortive, hence she petitioned the EFCC. The suspect would be charged to court as soon as investigations are concluded.

http://www.newshelm.com/2016/03/photo-efcc-arrest-man-for-n116m.html

This was spotted at a school. Who knows other misinformation pupils at the school are being fed with

http://www.newshelm.com/2016/03/photo-school-labels-giraffe-mouse.html

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The Governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasiru El-Rufa’i has stated that over 42 per cent of teachers in Kaduna State are not qualified to teach in schools.



He stated this last Thursday at the commissioning of a 1,500-seater capacity hall, which was constructed through the Tertiary Education Trust Fund, at the Federal College of Education, Zaria.



El-Rufa’i said that despite the large number of unqualified teachers, his government does not intend to sack anyone, rather he wants them to upgrade their knowledge.

nasir el rufai kaduna governor



While thanking FCE for the gesture, El-Rufa’i advised the management of the institution to introduce more degree courses to enable people benefit more from the college services.



Earlier, the Provost of the college, Dr Muktar Maccido said the newly commissioned hall was the biggest of its kind not only in the college but in the entire colleges of education and polytechnics across Nigeria.



Macchido said the college had been transformed during his tenure as provost through staff strength and structural advancement. (NAN)


http://www.edificationinfo.com/2016/02/half-of-kaduna-state-teachers-are.html

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Press statement from the Presidency...

President Muhammadu Buhari has extolled the virtues of Hajiya Fati Koko, popularly called Maitalla Tara, who has passed away, aged 95. Mourning Hajiya Koko, who had waited nine hours in Kebbi early last year, to donate the sum of N1 million (One million Naira) to him as the then presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), President Buhari described her as "a woman with a good heart, who stood by her convictions, and gave sacrificially."
Hajiya Koko had offered virtually her life's savings to candidate Buhari then, saying she admired his honesty, discipline, and stand for truth. Receiving the news of her passage, President Buhari commended Hayiya Koko's conviction and sacrificial giving, urging Nigerians to learn vital lessons from her life. "She gave practically all she had towards our campaign. Though well advanced in age, she still believed a new Nigeria was possible, and followed her conviction with action. What generosity of spirit and what tenacious faith in her motherland. Nigerians, old and young, have a lot to learn from her," the President said. President Buhari condoled with the family and relations of the departed, urging them to take solace in the fact that their matriarch lived to a ripe old age, "and she saw the beginning of the change she had long yearned for. The onus is now on all of us to ensure that the change gets entrenched and solidified for even generations yet unborn to benefit from." The President also sympathized with the governor and people of Kebbi State, whom he said will all miss the sterling qualities of Hajiya Koko, but added that the life of the departed will serve as a standard to emulate "in the service of God, humanity and country." "May Allah grant her soul repose in Al-jannah," the President prayed.

Femi Adesina Special Adviser to the President (Media & Publicity)


http://www.newshelm.com/2016/02/president-muhammadu-buhari-mourns.html

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Temitope Alao gave birth to 3-pound triplets at Woodhull Hospital, Brooklyn, New York on Thursday morning, February 11, about eight months into her pregnancy.

The 34yr old new mother who has been trying to conceive for 6 years welcomed a girl, Temiloluwa, and two boys, Oluwafikayomi and Ifeoluwa (baby Ifeoluwa is the only one pictured. They were born prematurely)

In the delivery room was Afolake Alao, 58, a longtime registered nurse at Woodhull Medical Center and the children's grandmother. Afolake Alao said she insisted that her daughter-in-law, who had been trying to conceive for six years, come to the United States for the delivery.

"I knew she would get good care here," she told reporters during a press availability at the hospital Friday.

Her journey to New York involved a 13-hour flight with a layover in Paris.
Temitope Alao made the trip with her own mother, Adejoke Ogunrinde, on Jan. 21.

"I’m so happy," said Temitope Alao, the beaming but groggy new mom.
She said she’s not intimidated by the thought of caring for three infants at once.
"I’ll manage,” she said, adding she was “very active” during her pregnancy.
The only thing left to do for the family is to introduce the babies to their dad for the first time. Temitope’s husband is still Nigeria.
"We are trying to get him here to see the babies," she said.

The family will return to Nigeria when the babies are old enough to travel, they said. Temiloluwa, the girl’s name, means "God belongs to me." The boys names stand for “God has increased my joy” and "God’s love."


http://www.newshelm.com/2016/02/photos-nigerian-woman-gives-birth-to.html

Watford forward Odion Ighalo has won the 2015 Goal Nigeria Player of the Year award after seeing off keen competition from Portland Timbers’ Fanendo Adi. The 26-year-old follows in the footsteps of his illustrious compatriots who have won the prestigious award: John Obi Mikel (2012 & 2013) and Vincent Enyeama (2014).

Ighalo took 30.5 per cent of the votes ahead of Adi, whose 28.6 per cent made this the most keenly contested Goal Nigeria Player of the Year award since inception as the field was widened from five to 10 contestants.

The Watford striker was presented with his award in England during the week and he appreciated the fans for believing in him.

“First, I thank God for the great achievement and all that and I’m very happy to have won the Goal Nigeria Player of the Year award. It’s a great achievement for me in my career and my life,” Ighalo said. “Thanks to my family, thanks to all those who made it possible, my team-mates, my coaches and all the people who gave me the opportunity to grow as a player and most especially those who made this award at Goal and the fans that chose me to be the winner of the award. “I thank every one of them and I think this is the sign of a good thing and it’s giving me motivation to work hard, to keep doing my best and make sure I win more.”

Ighalo had a breakthrough 2015 where he scored 30 goals in 75 appearances for Watford who gained promotion to the Premier League, the highest in English league football. He also made his senior Nigeria debut and scored a penalty in a 2-0 defeat of Chad in Kaduna.

Voting took place throughout December on the Goal Nigeria website.
How The Fans Voted (%)
1. 30.5 - Ighalo
2. 28.6 - Adi
3. 10.8 – Osimhen
4. 8.2 – Martins
5. 7.5 – Ujah
6. 4.9 – Musa
7. 2.8 – Simon



http://www.newshelm.com/2016/02/odion-ighalo-wins-2015-goal-nigeria.html

This is the bakery where Olajumoke worked before she found fame after photo-bombing a TY Bello shoot. The documentary on her will air this Sunday Feb. 14th on NTA Newsline.

http://www.newshelm.com/2016/02/olajumoke-took-nta-crew-on-tour-of.html


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Hajara began her career as a non-commissioned officer in 1986. She rose to become the first Hausa Muslim woman from a core Northern state to reach the rank of Wing Commander, equivalent to Lieutenant Colonel in the Army.

Hajara, a daughter of late Marafan Birnin Kudu, Colonel Bashari Umaru, from Birnin Kudu in Jigawa State, is currently the Chief Matron of Armed Forces Medical Hospital, Kano. She has been to war in Congo, served at Ibadan, Kaduna, among other places within the country.

She was born in Dorayi Quarters on March 19, 1964, and grew up in Yakasai quarters of Kano, and later began her early education at wagwarwa Primary School, and later joined St. Louis Primary School.

Being a bright student, Hajara gained admission into Queen’s College, Lagos and St. Louis Secondary School, Kano. She would have chosen the former option but for her dad’s transfer to Kano. After completing her secondary education, she joined School of Nursing, Kano.

It was at that school that she took the decision to join the Nigerian Air Force, following recruitment drive for medical personnel.

"It was actually a dramatic situation. My mom Hajiya didn’t like it at all. And my dad pretends that he also didn’t like it in order to please her. But he actually encouraged me and respected my choice," the widow said.

http://www.newshelm.com/2016/02/photo-meet-hajara-first-hausa-muslim.html

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Iara Oshiomhole, the first Lady of Edo state, visited the Mary Immaculate Children's Home and Salvation Army rehabilitation centre in her state recently. See more photos after the cut...
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Former Nigerian vice-president, Atiku Abubakar who recently launched an education project for IDP children shared this photo of him with two school children. - "This little girl made me so happy with her reading. I love that the doll is Nigerian #smile"

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Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed has appealed to Nigerian media to stop giving oxygen to Boko Haram by glamorizing their activities. He said this while speaking as a guest on Channels TV.

“Just as I said in my meeting with the newspapers editors in Lagos on the 21st of December, the military has largely met the deadline to defeat Boko Haram, and the military has matched the capacity of terrorists to carry out the attacks they used to.
Of course, I also mentioned that the terrorists will continue to attack such targets as markets, motor parks, entertainment centers and houses of worship; and this is exactly what is going on. We know that in an insurgency, the war does not end in one day. The attack on soft targets will continue, but we also want to appeal to the media to stop giving oxygen to the Boko Haram insurgency. When we glamorize the attacks, it gives the terrorists more life and in a time of insurgency like this, the media also has a role to play, which is not to glamorize the attacks. What is happening is not unexpected; what is happening is what will happen in any insurgency. But the fact of the attack is that Boko Haram has been sufficiently defeated. Boko Haram can no longer take any territory away from us. And if you look at the context, about a year ago, Boko Haram had complete control of 20 out of 37 local governments in Borno state. There were about six local governments in Yobe and about four in Adamawa. If today, Boko Haram is operating from one or two local governments in the entire country, I think the military has largely succeeded in wiping out Boko Haram.”he said

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DKNY Golden Delicious Million Dollar Fragrance Bottle – $1 million


10. Eau d’Hadrien- $161.11


Eau d’Hadrien was launched back in 1981 as a result of a collaboration between Annick Goutal and Francis Camail. It can be used by both men and women. The perfume is a citrus fragrance, with ingredients including lemon, mandarin orange, Sicilian lemon, grapefruit, citron, cypress, aldehydes, and extracts from a plant grown in Madagascar called ylang ylang. It’s sold in a $1,500 3.4ml bottle. The perfume gained prominence and popularity in 2008, when it was elevated to the Fragrance Foundation’s Hall of Fame at the FiFi Awards.


9. JAR Bolt of Lightning – $765 per ounce



JAR is the acronym for Joel A. Rosenthal, the jeweler who designed this perfume. Each bottle of Bolt of Lightning is specially hand cut and designed. Rosenthal marketed this fragrance as having the smell of air just after a lightning strike, but it is more specifically an oriental floral fragrance for women. It was released in 2001, and included in its complex ingredients are the smell of mature flowers, freshly cut plants, ripe fruit, and hints of green notes, tuberose, and musk.



8. Joy by Jean Patou – $800 per ounce



This perfume was created in 1929 for French courtier Jean Patou, by the perfumer Henri Almeras. It was launched in 1936, and has become one of the most highly-regard fragrances ever created. At the 2000 FiFi Awards, it was voted as the “Scent of the Century” by the Fragrance Foundation, beating out the more popular Chanel No. 5. Joy is exemplary of the floral genre, and was designed to lift people’s spirits during the Great Depression. An unprecedented 10,000 jasmine flowers and 336 roses are required to create just a single ounce, adding to its sky-high price.



7. Caron Poivre – $1,000 per ounce




Established in 1904, Parfums Caron is one of the world’s most prestigious perfume companies. This particular perfume was released 50 years later, in 1954, and is the most expensive perfume that the brand has ever created. It is described as a unisex perfume (for both men and women), and is bottled in a limited edition Baccarat crystal bottle with a white-gold collar. The perfume has hints of clove, and a variety of spices including black and red pepper. Poivre has a very spicy and fiery scent, which is decidedly appropriate since the perfume’s name is the French word for pepper.



6. Hermès 24 Faubourg – $1,500 per ounce




This limited edition fragrance for women was launched in 1995 by the French luxury brand Hermès, and it is named after the address of its original store in Paris: 24, Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré. The fragrance was created by the legendary perfumer Maurice Roucel. It’s a particularly rare perfume as only 1,000 bottles were ever made. The bottle is made from St. Louis crystal and is shaped in a soft, curvy square. The long-lasting fragrance is light, floral, and sunny, mixing orange blossom, jasmine, tiare flower, patchouli, ylang ylang, iris, vanilla, ambergris, and sandalwood.



5. Clive Christian No. 1 – $2,150 per ounce



Clive Christian is a well-known name in the luxury perfume industry, and this particular fragrance was even considered the most expensive perfume in the world between 2001 (when it was launched) and 2006. Clive Christian No. 1 comes in two varieties: Woody Oriental for men, and Floral Oriental for women. The signature bottle is created from lead crystal and is adorned with a 1/3 carat diamond on the neck. The aroma of the perfume is rich and exquisite, combining bergamot, natural gum resin, orris, vanilla, sandalwood, and extracts of ylang ylang.



4. Chanel Grand Extrait – $4,200 per ounce




Chanel has been synonymous with luxury around the world ever since Coco Chanel released the iconic fragrance, Chanel No. 5, in 1921 – created by legendary perfumer Ernest Beaux. This limited edition perfume was released as the rarest, purest Original No. 5 fragrance in the world, hence its $4,200/ounce price tag. Each bottle is created through molds, which benefits from a glassmaker’s individual touch, and a Chanel spokeswoman has said that “very few pieces are produced” each year. The floral perfume is made with exquisite care. Rose and jasmine from Chanel’s very own fields in France go into the fragrance.



3. Baccarat Les Larmes Sacrees de Thebes – $6,800 per ounce




This perfume is expensive for both the aroma itself and the bottle it comes in. Baccarat is a luxury crystal glassware manufacturer and one of the leading choices in artisan bottle creation for high-end perfume companies around the world. In 1998, the company launched three of its own limited edition fragrances, and this one was the least produced, making it the rarest and most valuable.


The “Sacred Tears of Thebes”, as it translates, is an Egyptian-themed perfume housed in a beautiful pyramid-shaped bottle of crystal. Nowadays you can buy the fragrance in tiny 0.25oz containers. The ingredients include a blend of amber, jasmine, rose, Egyptian cassie, as well as myrrh and frankincense to evoke the smell of the Middle East.



2. Clive Christian No. 1 Imperial Majesty Perfume – $12,721.89 per ounce




This perfume holds the Guinness Book of World Records title as the most expensive perfume in the world. Released in 2005, only a 10-bottle run of this super-rare, super-exclusive limited edition perfume was released for sale in the famous Harrods store in London and Bergdorf Goodman in New York. The “No. 1 Imperial Majesty” is really just a Clive Christian No. 1 – in a very fancy bottle. The whole bottle contains 16.9 ounces of perfume (meaning the cost for a bottle is $215,000), and is crafted by Baccarat, adorned with a 5-carat white diamond on the neck and surrounded in an 18-carat solid gold collar.



1. DKNY Golden Delicious Million Dollar Fragrance Bottle – $1 million




In 2011, DKNY unveiled its golden-apple-shaped million dollar bottle of perfume. The company teamed up with famed jewelry designer Martin Katz to create a special one-of-a-kind edition of the company’s top-selling fragrance. The bottle is crafted in 14-karat yellow and white gold and contains 183 yellow sapphires, 2,700 white diamonds, a 1.6-carat turquoise Paraiba tourmaline from Brazil, a 7.18-carat oval Cabochon sapphire from Sri Lanka, 15 vivid pink diamonds from Australia, 4-rose cut diamonds, a 3.07-carat oval cut ruby, a 4.03-carat pear shape rose cut diamond, and a 2.43-carat flawless vivid yellow Canary diamond adorning the cap.


All in all, the bottle contains 2,909 precious stones, but the best part is that the aforementioned stones have been hand placed to replicate the New York City skyline. The process took nearly 1,500 hours to complete. After being unveiled and showcased across the globe, a silver lining for the ridiculously expensive fragrance bottle was announced: The bottle would be sold to a perfume enthusiast and all proceeds would be donated to the global charity Action Against Hunger.

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