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You are an undergraduate who is dependent on his parents for finances. And you have a girlfriend who is also dependent on her parents (plus you and other hosts of innumerable angels in joyful assembly) for finances too. Now you are always calling her on phone. Not night call o. You call the call of your life while it is day because night cometh when no man shall call (or when no girl shall pick). You call her every one hour. And each time you call her, you are dragging who will say bye-bye first. You are busy arguing who will end the call. On the very top of your credit o! Ok. I'm not complaining for you o. It is not none of my business. My only problem is that you think it is love that is doing you. My brother, behold, this post is knocking at the door of your sense. If you open, it will come in and dine with you. If you don't, the feet of the men who buried your colleagues are at the door, and they will carry you out also. Many are the afflictions of a poor man, but a wedding invitation from the girl he loves addeth more sorrows. A post is enough for the wise. A sense is enough for the fool. A call is enough for the day. And a card is enough for the call.

DAAR Communications Plc, the owner of African Independent Television, on Friday apologised to the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, over “Lion of Bourdillon” claim. Tinubu consequently withdrew the N150bn libel suit he instituted against AIT for allegedly defaming his reputation. Tinubu filed the suit last March in protest against a documentary titled “Lion of Bourdillon” aired repeatedly on AIT in the build-up to the 2015 general elections. The former Lagos State governor had, through his lawyer, Chief Wole Olanipekun (SAN), claimed that the documentary was targeted at lessening him in the estimation of the public, to the effect that he corruptly enriched himself while holding public office. Justice Iyabode Akinkugbe, who presided over the case, had on April 1, last year, granted Tinubu an interlocutory injunction barring AIT from further airing “Lion of Bourdillon” pending the determination of the suit. The defendant, through its lawyer, Chief Mike Ozekhome (SAN), had claimed that “Lion of Bourdillon” did not defame Tinubu and that all its content was not false and had been in the public domain before AIT started airing the documentary. In addition, DAAR Communications filed a counter-claim demanding N200bn as “aggravated, punitive and exemplary damages” from Tinubu for what it termed damage to its corporate image. But at the resumed hearing of the case on Friday, both lawyers told the judge that their clients had settled the case out of court and prayed the court to adopt the terms of settlement they filed as the judgement of the court in the case. Ozekhome said, “We are before My Lord this morning to do what the court has always encouraged litigants to do. “We have come here today that every war that is fought is finally resolved at the round table. “Parties have decided to settle amicably to enable both parties to continue with the good relationship that they have always had before the devil struck.” Olanipekun aligned himself with Ozekhome and urged the court to adopt the said settlement terms dated January 29, 2016. Consequently, Justice Akinkugbe, in a short ruling, adopted the settlement terms as the judgement in the suit. The judge said DAAR Communications Plc would publicly and unequivocally retract the said documentary “three times, once daily.” She asked the defendant to tender an unreserved apology to Tinubu, “three times, once daily.” She ordered them to withdraw their claims and counter-claims respectively and held that they would respectively bear the cost spent by them on the suit. The terms of settlement was backed with a letter of apology, in which DAAR Communications begged Tinubu and described him as an “outstanding political leader of unblemished character and integrity” and prayed that he would live long “to make more enormous contributions to the advancement of our nation, Nigeria.” The letter read in part, “DAAR Communications Plc acknowledges that Asiwaju Bola Tinubu is an outstanding political leader of unblemished character and integrity, as well as a leading public figure and opinion-moulder, who has made and continuously make immense contributions to the progress and development of the nation in general and Lagos State in particular. “DAAR Communications Plc admits that in airing the said documentary, it had no intention, whatsoever, to embarrass or diminish the high reputation of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu which it respects and attests to.”[b]DAAR Communications Plc, the owner of African Independent Television, on Friday apologised to the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, over “Lion of Bourdillon” claim. Tinubu consequently withdrew the N150bn libel suit he instituted against AIT for allegedly defaming his reputation. Tinubu filed the suit last March in protest against a documentary titled “Lion of Bourdillon” aired repeatedly on AIT in the build-up to the 2015 general elections. The former Lagos State governor had, through his lawyer, Chief Wole Olanipekun (SAN), claimed that the documentary was targeted at lessening him in the estimation of the public, to the effect that he corruptly enriched himself while holding public office. Justice Iyabode Akinkugbe, who presided over the case, had on April 1, last year, granted Tinubu an interlocutory injunction barring AIT from further airing “Lion of Bourdillon” pending the determination of the suit. The defendant, through its lawyer, Chief Mike Ozekhome (SAN), had claimed that “Lion of Bourdillon” did not defame Tinubu and that all its content was not false and had been in the public domain before AIT started airing the documentary. In addition, DAAR Communications filed a counter-claim demanding N200bn as “aggravated, punitive and exemplary damages” from Tinubu for what it termed damage to its corporate image. But at the resumed hearing of the case on Friday, both lawyers told the judge that their clients had settled the case out of court and prayed the court to adopt the terms of settlement they filed as the judgement of the court in the case. Ozekhome said, “We are before My Lord this morning to do what the court has always encouraged litigants to do. “We have come here today that every war that is fought is finally resolved at the round table. “Parties have decided to settle amicably to enable both parties to continue with the good relationship that they have always had before the devil struck.” Olanipekun aligned himself with Ozekhome and urged the court to adopt the said settlement terms dated January 29, 2016. Consequently, Justice Akinkugbe, in a short ruling, adopted the settlement terms as the judgement in the suit. The judge said DAAR Communications Plc would publicly and unequivocally retract the said documentary “three times, once daily.” She asked the defendant to tender an unreserved apology to Tinubu, “three times, once daily.” She ordered them to withdraw their claims and counter-claims respectively and held that they would respectively bear the cost spent by them on the suit. The terms of settlement was backed with a letter of apology, in which DAAR Communications begged Tinubu and described him as an “outstanding political leader of unblemished character and integrity” and prayed that he would live long “to make more enormous contributions to the advancement of our nation, Nigeria.” The letter read in part, “DAAR Communications Plc acknowledges that Asiwaju Bola Tinubu is an outstanding political leader of unblemished character and integrity, as well as a leading public figure and opinion-moulder, who has made and continuously make immense contributions to the progress and development of the nation in general and Lagos State in particular. “DAAR Communications Plc admits that in airing the said documentary, it had no intention, whatsoever, to embarrass or diminish the high reputation of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu which it respects and attests to.”[/b]DAAR Communications Plc, the owner of African Independent Television, on Friday apologised to the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, over “Lion of Bourdillon” claim. Tinubu consequently withdrew the N150bn libel suit he instituted against AIT for allegedly defaming his reputation. Tinubu filed the suit last March in protest against a documentary titled “Lion of Bourdillon” aired repeatedly on AIT in the build-up to the 2015 general elections. The former Lagos State governor had, through his lawyer, Chief Wole Olanipekun (SAN), claimed that the documentary was targeted at lessening him in the estimation of the public, to the effect that he corruptly enriched himself while holding public office. Justice Iyabode Akinkugbe, who presided over the case, had on April 1, last year, granted Tinubu an interlocutory injunction barring AIT from further airing “Lion of Bourdillon” pending the determination of the suit. The defendant, through its lawyer, Chief Mike Ozekhome (SAN), had claimed that “Lion of Bourdillon” did not defame Tinubu and that all its content was not false and had been in the public domain before AIT started airing the documentary. In addition, DAAR Communications filed a counter-claim demanding N200bn as “aggravated, punitive and exemplary damages” from Tinubu for what it termed damage to its corporate image. But at the resumed hearing of the case on Friday, both lawyers told the judge that their clients had settled the case out of court and prayed the court to adopt the terms of settlement they filed as the judgement of the court in the case. Ozekhome said, “We are before My Lord this morning to do what the court has always encouraged litigants to do. “We have come here today that every war that is fought is finally resolved at the round table. “Parties have decided to settle amicably to enable both parties to continue with the good relationship that they have always had before the devil struck.” Olanipekun aligned himself with Ozekhome and urged the court to adopt the said settlement terms dated January 29, 2016. Consequently, Justice Akinkugbe, in a short ruling, adopted the settlement terms as the judgement in the suit. The judge said DAAR Communications Plc would publicly and unequivocally retract the said documentary “three times, once daily.” She asked the defendant to tender an unreserved apology to Tinubu, “three times, once daily.” She ordered them to withdraw their claims and counter-claims respectively and held that they would respectively bear the cost spent by them on the suit. The terms of settlement was backed with a letter of apology, in which DAAR Communications begged Tinubu and described him as an “outstanding political leader of unblemished character and integrity” and prayed that he would live long “to make more enormous contributions to the advancement of our nation, Nigeria.” The letter read in part, “DAAR Communications Plc acknowledges that Asiwaju Bola Tinubu is an outstanding political leader of unblemished character and integrity, as well as a leading public figure and opinion-moulder, who has made and continuously make immense contributions to the progress and development of the nation in general and Lagos State in particular. “DAAR Communications Plc admits that in airing the said documentary, it had no intention, whatsoever, to embarrass or diminish the high reputation of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu which it respects and attests to.”

I am sure it must be Most Useless Subject In Class… MUSIC

A man who had guts enough to try to kidnap one of the pet dogs of US President, Barack Obama, has had more than he bargained for. US police have arrested a man who allegedly plotted to kidnap one of President Obama's two pet dogs. Officials say Scott Stockert who is from the state of North Dakota, was planning to snatch one of the dogs, either Bo or Sunny. Police in Washington DC found weapons in Stockert's vehicle, including a shotgun, a rifle and a machete. Agents say he made several outlandish claims during his arrest, including that he intended to run for president. He also said he was the son of former President, John F Kennedy and actress Marilyn Monroe, according to court documents. Stockert has been charged with violating the District of Columbia's gun laws. The First Family acquired Bo in 2009, with Sunny, referred to by the family as Bo's "little sister", following in 2013.

Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has challenged President Muhammadu Buhari to direct the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to charge the National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, Chief Olisa Metuh, to court if the commission has evidence of fraud against him. The governor, who restated his support for the anti-corruption war, bemoaned a situation where the commission would first arrest and detain a person before shopping for evidence against him. “The EFCC appears to be operating a system in which an accused person is first arrested, detained endlessly while the anti-corruption agency goes about looking for evidence.” Fayose, who spoke through his Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka, challenged the EFCC to also act on petitions submitted to it against All Progressives Congress chieftains and the President’s election sponsors. He cautioned that nothing untoward must happen to Metuh, adding that the APC’s desperation to decimate and silence the opposition had dragged the Buhari-led government in the mud of lawlessness. “In saner climes, you don’t arrest people for alleged fraud and start to look for evidence to prosecute them. Rather, before you arrest anyone for fraud, anti-corruption agencies must have established a prima facie case and arresting the suspect will only be for his or her arraignment in court. “However, what we are witnessing in Nigeria today is a situation whereby the EFCC will arrest PDP leaders, humiliate them by subjecting them to media trial, detain them for weeks in the process of trying to force them to make statements during which the commission will be looking for evidence. “For instance, in the case of Metuh, we are told that the EFCC is insisting that he must write statements and one begins to wonder if it has now become mandatory for an accused to write statements in law enforcement agent’s custody. Shouldn’t the EFCC have simply charged Metuh to court based on its own evidence? Or is Metuh’s statement the evidence the EFCC requires to prosecute him? “The international community, especially the United Nations, African Union, European Union, and others are put on notice on this condemnable act of arresting and detaining opposition leaders by agents of the Buhari-led government before fishing for evidence.” While challenging the President to extend his anti-corruption crusade to those who sponsored his election, Fayose added that “any anti- corruption effort that targets only members of the opposition and those with axe to grind with the government of the day can never succeed. “If President Buhari does not wait for any petition to move against PDP chieftains, asking people to come forward with allegations of corruption against APC chieftains, especially those who sponsored President Buhari’s election is clearly hypocritical.”