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A section of the Christ Embassy Church on Oregun Road, Ikeja, Lagos, was gutted by fire on Wednesday, destroying some property of the church.

This is just as goods estimated at millions of naira were destroyed in an inferno that ravaged the Alaba International Market, Ojo, the second in less than a week.

Our correspondent learnt that the Christ Embassy fire started around 9pm after an electrical spark in the switch room of the church.

The quick response of officials of the Lagos State Fire Service, however, saved the day.

An official of the agency explained that the fire was contained within 30 minutes of active firefighting, adding that no life was lost.

He said, “Around 9.08pm on Wednesday, we got a call that there was a fire incident in the church. We deployed two 10,000 litres of water from our stations in Ikeja and Alausa. It was discovered that the fire was on the topmost floor of the church’s three-storeyed building.

“There had been an electrical spark in the switch room, which triggered off the fire. In about 30 minutes, we put it out.”

The PUNCH gathered that less than a week after nine shops were gutted by fire in the Alaba International Market, another fire destroyed some electronics items in the market on Wednesday.

Three shops were said to have been affected.

The spokesperson for the Lagos State Fire Service, Amodu Shakiru, who confirmed the two incidents, appealed to residents of Lagos to be more safety conscious.

Controversies over the 2016 budget may have just begun, with a fresh N3.9 billion injected into the second version of the budget presented by Ita Enang, special adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on national assembly matters (senate). On December 22, 2015, the president had presented the appropriation bill before a joint session of the national assembly, and was well received as an expansionary budget aimed at stimulating the economy. On Tuesday, it was discovered that the budget was missing at the senate, and there have been speculations that it was withdrawn for correction. Senate President Bukola Saraki met Buhari immediately after the senate plenary session, and thereafter dismissed the reports, saying the budget was with them. The presidency said hundreds of copies of the budget were presented to the national assembly and all could not possibly be missing. TheCable obtained both copies of the budget and highlighted the disparities between the two versions of the 1,810-page document. Most of the changes made were relating to the state house and the presidency in general. Fresh N3.9 billion was included for routine maintenance of the presidential villa, while the amount stipulated for the purchase of BMW salon cars was reduced from N3.6 billion to N340 million. Below is a table showing the changes made to the 2016 budget:

brunofarad:
The labours of our heroes past

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Da ministan tsaro, ritaya Birgediya Janar Mansur Dan-Ali, ya ce a ranar Jumma'a cewa, gwamnatin tarayya za ta gabatar da inshora kunshin ga sojojin yaki da tayar da kayar baya a Arewa maso Gabas.

Dan-Ali ya bayyana hakan yayin da yiwa manema labarai jim kadan bayan wani Musamman Juma'at salla yiwa alama da 2016 sojoji ambaton ranar bikin a Abuja.

Ya ce, tuni akwai m kunshe-kunshe jin dadin da sojoji a matsayin hanyar himmatuwa da su don tabbatar da nasarar gudana counter tayar da kayar baya aiki.

"A yadda aka saba muna da kunshin ga iyalan auku heroes amma kwanan nan muna gabatar da mutuwar inshora wanda ba a yi gaban.

"Yana da wani ƙarin kunshin da shugaban kasar Muhammadu Buhari ya tilasta mu gallant sojoji da kuma kula da iyalan auku heroes," inji shi.

Ministan nẽme ga salla daga dukan 'yan Najeriya don tabbatar da shan kashi na da Boko Haram' yan ta'adda.

Ya bayyana cewa, sojojin da aka samun shi daidai a gudana yaki da tayar da kayar baya, da kuma bayyana gamsuwar Boko Haram da ewa ba zai zama wani abu da suka gabata a kasar.

"Na yi imani 'yan Najeriya ne Mafi sani ga abin da soja ya aikata ya zuwa yanzu kuma da sallarsu duk abin da za su zo ga ƙarshe sosai da ewa ba," inji shi.

Tun da farko, da shugaban majalisar dattijai, Bukola Saraki, ya bayyana cewa, salla na daga amincewa da hadaya yi da maza da matan da suka dage farawa saukar da rayukansu don kare kasar.

"Dole ne mu ci gaba da yin wannan ba don tilasta iyalansu da aka bari a baya amma don kuma karfafa mu maza da aka yanzu yaki da tayar da kayar baya," Saraki ya ce.

Ya yi kira ga 'yan Najeriya su ko da yaushe tuna da auku heroes a cikin sallolin da kuma addu'a ga hadin kai da kuma ci gaban kasar.

A nasa bangaren, mataimakin shugaban Imam na kasa Masallaci, Sheikh Ahmad Onilewura, ya yi addu'a ga nasarar da sojoji a kan sojojin na mugunta a kasar.

Salla ya samu halartar da Cif na Air Staff, Air Marshal mataimakin Sadique Abubakar, da ministan Bayani kuma Al'adu, Alhaji Lai Mohammed da kuma ministan jihar ga muhalli, Alhaji Usman Jibrin, da sauransu.

The Minister of Defence, retired Brig.-Gen. Mansur Dan-Ali, said on Friday that the Federal Government would introduce insurance package for soldiers fighting insurgency in the North-East.

Dan-Ali made the disclosure while briefing newsmen shortly after a Special Juma’at Prayer to mark the 2016 Armed Forces Remembrance Day celebration in Abuja.

He said that already there were numerous packages enjoyed by the military as a way of motivating them to ensure the success of the ongoing counter insurgency operation.

“Normally we have package for the families of the fallen heroes but recently we are introducing the death insurance which has not been done before.

“It is an additional package by President Muhammadu Buhari to motivate our gallant armed forces and to take care of the families of the fallen heroes,“ he said.

The minister solicited for prayers from all Nigerians to ensure the defeat of the Boko Haram terrorists.

He said that the military was getting it right in the ongoing fight against insurgency, and expressed optimism that Boko Haram would soon be a thing of the past in the country.

“I believe Nigerians are fully aware of what the military has done so far and with their prayers everything will come to an end very soon,“ he said.

Earlier, the President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, said that the prayer was part of recognition of the sacrifice made by men and women who laid down their lives to defend the country.

“We must continue to do this not only to motivate their families that are left behind but to also encourage our men that are presently fighting insurgency,“ Saraki said.

He called on all Nigerians to always remember the fallen heroes in their daily prayers and also pray for the unity and development of the country.

On his part, the Deputy Chief Imam of the National Mosque, Sheikh Ahmad Onilewura, prayed for the victory of the armed forces over the forces of evil in the country.

The prayer was attended by the Chief of Air Staff, Air Vice Marshal Sadique Abubakar, The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed and the Minister of state for Environment, Alhaji Usman Jibrin, among others.

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