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I don’t know how to translate this into English, but “ohun t’aba wi f’ogbo, logbo ngbo…” is the most popular Yoruba incantation used by Ifa believers to spellbind an individual; hypnotise the enemy or arrest an awkward situation. But some Ifa adherents don’t have to chant incantations. They are incantations themselves! The Araba of Osogbo, Chief Ifayemi Elebuibon, belongs to this class of esoteric clan of Ifa votaries.

It was about midday in the heart of Osogbo. Some officials of the Power Holding Company of Nigeria were on a mass disconnection at the Ayetoro area of the city capital. Snaillike, their vehicle inched towards Ifayemi Elebuibon Street, stopping at the very pole in front of the expansive residence of the Ifa priest. Four PHCN officials alighted from the vehicle. A group of residents, whose electricity cables had been disconnected some distance up the street, had followed the vehicle on foot. The leader of the team, a dark-skinned middle-aged man, opened a conversation with the restless residents.

Two men, who appeared to be the youngest in the PHCN team, brought down a brown, long wooden ladder hinged to the top of the pickup. As they were mounting the ladder against the pole, Elebuibon came out of his compound. He greeted them and asked what their mission was. The team leader told him that they were going to disconnect the cable supplying his house with electricity unless he produced a bill showing that he was not owing the PHCN. The babalawo told them that he was not owing the PHCN and added that it was not his place to produce any bill. He said the PHCN should have a record of those who had paid up their bills just as he stressed that he had never owed electricity tariff all his life. Some residents intervened and told the officials that the Araba never owed electricity bills.

Shunning all entreaties, one of the PHCN officials rebuffed the pleas and started to climb the long ladder. Residents yelled and told him not to climb the ladder, but he refused, climbing and grumbling. Elebuibon raised his hand, saying ‘e je o gun, to bati le bo’le’; meaning: let him climb the ladder if he would be able to climb down from it. One! Two! Three! Four!…the brave official climbed the ladder to the top. Suddenly, he stopped grumbling, became utterly silent, distant and hazy.

He couldn’t disconnect the cable, neither could he come down. Looking as cool as cucumber, he chewed a gum slowly, absent-mindedly and remained at the top of the ladder, blinking and oblivious of the flood of pleas gushing on his behalf down below.

The other three PHCN officials at the foot of the ladder sweated and begged. Together with residents, they pleaded with Baba Elebuibon to set the young man free. Elebuibon yielded. ‘Arakunrin, ma bo nle (young man, come down),’ he simply said, snapping the detainee out of his forced reverie. The Ifa priest later told one of his children to go inside....

http://punchng.com/how-juju-arrested-phcn-officials-in-osogbo/

One of the popular music duo, Peter Okoye, a.k.a Mr. P, seems to have swayed into fashion business with the launch of his new clothing line called ‘Classic P Collection’.
This was gathered after the singer announced the launch of his new fashion line on his Instagram page and the announcement was greeted by a rousing applause from his teeming fans.


Read more at: https://www.vanguardngr.com/2018/02/peter-okoye-set-launch-clothing-line/

What is the world turning to? I just saw this online a moment ago.






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Barely seven hours after governor Darius Ishaku of Taraba state cried OUT that the state was going be attack in ten days, unknown gunmen suspected to be Fulani herdsmen attack and killed four persons in Ngutsen village of Wurojam ward in Gasol local government area of Taraba state. An eye witness spoke to Vanguard on phone said the attackers arrived the village at about 9 pm on Thursday.

“They came in our village in large number, is by the grace of God that we from the village were having sleepless nights since the rumor of the landing of Helicopter close to our village here, we were able alert our people” “Though four persons were killed, two women and two men, several people were injured and they taking treatment at several hospitals as we speaks” Wurojam is about 20 kilometers away from Jibu village where the senior special assistant on media and publicity to governor Darius Ishaku Bala Danhabu recently alleged that a Helicopter landed with arms. As at the time of the report, Vanguard learnt that the Gosol local government chairman was already at scene of the incident with the Divisional Police Officer DPO of the local government to maintain calm. When called the police public’s relation officer David Misar said was yet to be briefed over the incident. He promised to get back to Vanguard as soon as he get the details of the development.

Read more at: https://www.vanguardngr.com/2018/02/breaking-gunmen-strike-taraba-killed-four/

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Obj, Atiku, Buhari..... Coalition indeed.

Five-star Music star Kcee, known for his signature dreadlocks, has switched it up on us by shaving it all off..
The artist shared his new look on his Instagram page this morning, which he captioned: New wave. About to take this game to another level.

We wonder what this new look will bring forth.

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Carles Puigdemont has said in a leaked private message to an ally that his drive to create a new independent Catalan republic was over and that the Spanish government had won.

The former regional leader sent a series of gloomy messages to an ex-cabinet colleague on Tuesday night, which were captured by chance by a cameraman for the Telecinco television station.

“I suppose you understand that this is over . . . we have been sacrificed by our people, at least I have,” Mr Puigdemont wrote to Toni Comín, the former regional health minister, just hours after a Catalan parliamentary session to re-elect him as leader was indefinitely postponed.

This postponement came after days of pressure from the Spanish courts, which ruled over the weekend that Mr Puigdemont could not be re-elected as Catalan leader because he was a fugitive from Spanish justice living in Brussels.

Mr Puigdemont fled to Belgium in October after spearheading an illegal and unsuccessful push for independence. He faces charges of rebellion and sedition if he returns to Spain.

Unknown gunmen suspected to be Fulani herdsmen on Wednesday night killed nine persons in a rural community in Kaduna. The incident occurred at Kaguru village in Birnin Gwari local government area. A local who escaped the attack told SaharaReporters on the telephone that the gunmen came in several vehicles chanting religious slogans when they carried out the act.
nknown gunmen suspected to be Fulani herdsmen on Wednesday night killed nine persons in a rural community in Kaduna.

The incident occurred at Kaguru village in Birnin Gwari local government area.

A local who escaped the attack told SaharaReporters on the telephone that the gunmen came in several vehicles chanting religious slogans when they carried out the act.

He also said they burnt down several houses in the village.

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Nigerian Army builds a road to Sambisa Forest.
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An early exit for the South African President, Jacob Zuma is being considered by ruling African National Congress party officials amid impatience among South Africans who hope change at the top could reduce high-level corruption that has hurt the economy.

A flash point for frustration could come on Feb. 8 when Zuma is scheduled to deliver the state of the nation address in parliament.

If he speaks, there likely would be protests both inside and outside the chamber.

Meanwhile, the deputy president is acting more like a president these days, while talk surrounding his scandal-tainted boss was about how and when he would quit.

That makes for awkward leadership in one of Africa’s biggest economies, where a power transition from President Jacob Zuma to his deputy, Cyril Ramaphosa, appears to be taking shape even though the president’s term runs until 2019 elections.

Mmusi Maimane, the main opposition leader, had on Wednesday asked the parliament speaker to postpone the speech until the ruling party resolves its internal conflict and South Africa has a new president.

For now, South Africa seems to have two leaders, one on the way out and one poised to take over.

Ramaphosa, who emerged from Zuma’s shadow after replacing him as head of the ruling party in December, represented the country last week in a high-profile visit to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

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A Nigerian man, Obi Okeke, popularly referred to as Doctor Bugatti, has purchased Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Bugatti Veyron for $2.5m

According to TMZ, the Bugatti dealer has intentions to resell the vehicle.

The Bugatti Veyron 2015 model goes 0-60 mph in 2.5 secs and has only had about 1,000 miles on it.

Okeke was the one who sold a similar whip to heavyweight champion, Floyd Mayweather, and he seems to be on the lookout for a buyer for his new ride.
“When you’re in the business for as long as I’ve been, you meet a lot of people,” Okeke said in 2015, according to the Business Insider.

“When I came here, people knew about me. I’ve been very fortunate to build a deep client database for finding cars.”

Mayweather had purchased at least 40 cars from Okeke, including Koenigsegg CCXR Triveta for $4.8m, the Business Insider said in 2015.

The police in Anambra State on Tuesday arrested two suspects who allegedly used abducted children for alms begging in Onitsha.

The suspects, the police said, made N25,000 daily from the act. The suspects were identified as Friday Edet and Ezekiel Ubong, both from Akwa Ibom State.

The suspects, who had since been detained at the Onitsha prisons, claimed to be members of a humanitarian group.

PUNCH Metro gathered that the group specialised in parading children with different kinds of ailment and using them for alms begging.

They were arrested by the Fegge division of the Nigeria Police Force.

The Fegge Divisional Police Officer, Mr. Rabiu Garba, who confirmed the incident, said the suspects were notorious for using abducted children for alms begging in locations different from their states after inflicting injuries and ailments on them to attract public sympathy.