Why We Killed LTV Presenter – Robbery Suspect Confesses

 
The Lagos State Police Command has arrested six suspected members of the robbery gang that shot Segun Abayomi, a presenter of an independent programme on the Lagos Television, LTV, three weeks ago at Acme Road, Ogba area of Lagos.
The father of three was said to have been confirmed dead on arrival at a private hospital, where he was rushed to.
Late Abayomi, who was in the company of other journalists, was returning home after the production of his programme, when he was intercepted at 2a.m. by the robbery gang.
The suspects, who were paraded among other suspected criminals at the command’s headquarters, admitted to have carried out the operation but stated that they were not aware he was a journalist.
One of them, Taiwo Badmus, a bricklayer who claimed he joined the gang last year, said that their plan was not to kill anyone, but to collect the car and sell it to a waiting buyer.
According to Badmus, “on that day, we shot the man because he was struggling with us. I was not the one that shot him, Damy did. But Damy is not here now.
“We were driving along Acme Road when we blocked the man’s car. I can’t remember the type of car now because it was dark. Instead of him to cooperate, he was stubborn and Damy shot him on the head.
“We started shouting at him for shooting because that was not part of what we discussed. The situation changed our plan because we wanted to collect the car and sell to a man who was waiting for us at a mechanic workshop.
“We immediately left the scene, the man and the vehicle and went back to our base at Agege to arrange ourselves for another operation.
“Since I joined them last year, at times I got N10,000 and at other times N20,000, including phones and laptops from each operation. I use the money to feed myself. I am an orphan.”
The suspects, according to the command’s boss, Fatai Owoseni, would soon be charged to court.

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Nigerians Are Over-Dramatizing The Bad Economy, Governor Okorocha Says- True Or False?

Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha, on Monday declared that Nigerians are over dramatizing the current economic recession.
He spoke when he hosted to team of officers from the National Defence College, NDC, at the Government House, Owerri.

“I think what we call recession has been over dramatised. I say so because agriculture had remained the nation’s main pivot upon which all the sectors of our economy revolve”, Okorocha said.
“Because this vital sector has been neglected, it has given rise to poverty today, including the rise in the dollar and the fall of the Naira.
“Most times in Nigeria, we treat the symptoms rather than the disease.
“Let us discuss more about the disease, which is the total neglect of the agricultural sector of the nation’s economy by our past leaders”, he added.

The Governor recalled that before the advent of oil, agriculture provided over 70 percent of employment and resources of the nation, as well as over 75 percent of Nigeria’s foreign reserves.

“At that time, we were a rich nation. Oil made us lazy. This led us into this recession. Imo State is keying into the revitalization of the agric sector.
“We have gone deep in our palm plantation and we are moving speedily into rice farming”, Okorocha added.

In his remark, leader of the visiting team, Air Vice Marshal H. C. Okpala, said the NDC was where potential strategic leaders were trained.
Okpala noted that the course will afford the participants the opportunity to access, suggest and recommend solutions to the federal and state governments for implementation.
Okorocha’s government recently said a huge heap of refuse was left uncleared in Owerri to punish the residents.

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Read Why Fela Remains One Of The Greatest Ever In The Business (Read Here)

The 2016 edition of the annual Felabration concert begins today Monday, October 10, 2016 and it runs till Sunday, October 16, 2016 at the New Afrika Shrine, Ikeja, Lagos.
It has been like this for several years because this is a musician c*m activist who lived a life of exemplariness especially among Nigerians.
He represented the truth. He stood for the masses. And he fought many great battles, some of which meant he had to put his life on the line.
Since he breathed his last on August 2, 1997, Fela has continued to garner incredible following amongst the youths of the land and critics alike.
19 whole years after and his renown is still rock solid, something like a global monument. He is that relevant a figure.
Fela was a king, he still is. When you think of some of the finest musicians of all time, worldwide; you think of Bob Dylan, Bob Marley, Michael Jackson, Tina Turner, Maria Makeba and Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, to name a few.
He was influential in his right. He made several attempts to run for presidency but met stiff oppositions. Regardless, he has remained a major figure in our culture as a people.
Fela was not the usual, he was far from it.
While abroad, he began developing his craft and then matured into a wizard of the art over the years. He became the core figure for Afrobeat and morphed his sounds with the tepid feel of Nigeria’s polity in the 1980s into the 1990s.
He was a genius with his art.
He represented a movement; a movement for truth, equality, empathy and selflessness. Fela was the truth. But in all his musicianship and activisim, he was imperfect.
He was a chronic consumer of the herb and he loved the company of women more than a dog could trot. Actually, he didn’t just fancy the company of these women but he took them in dozens and made them his lovers and wives.
He was that much a maverick.
He might be far away today, but his legacy remains. His values are still a major part of our popular culture and we see new age artistes paying homage to him time and again by sampling his sounds as well as mirroring their lives after him.
Fela was a magician, he was like no other around his era.
He believed in African gods and he was never afraid to show this in his music, on and off stage.
He left a visible impression in world music, his ethos helping shape generations.
Today, some Nigerian pop stars are some of the biggest in the genre around the world and they all directly or indirectly draw inspirations from the late 59-year-old icon.
Wizkid has a tattoo of him on his right arm, which says a lot seeing as the Ojuelegba crooner is on the cusp of reshaping the continent’s image musically.
Several other music stars pay homage to him one way or the other and it all comes down to their reverence of his craft, their regard for his persona and their overt believe in his political influence as a force that stood against authorities even when it was uncommon in this part of earth.
Fela is gone but in truth he is forever with us. We will forever celebrate him, his works and everything revolving around his political inclinations because he stood for the truth despite being an imperfect figure himself.

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Wow!! You Won’t Believe How Man Built A House From Picking Rubbish On The Streets

The saying ‘one man’s junk is another man’s treasure’ reads true in the case of these men who have managed to eke out a living through scavenging.
Even though scavengers are looked down upon by the society, they have somehow managed to maintain a certain lifestyle from proceeds after each round of ‘hunting’.
Scavenging on its own requires getting down and dirty, and going through things other people have thrown away as rubbish, and eventually recycling the ones deemed useful, or even selling them to make money.
From time to time, we see scavengers going through our refuse bins and dumpsites and many wonder why they bother going through the stuff other people have already condemned. These men below have explained the pros of hunting for ‘lost treasures’.
Mohammed Fausit who was seen scavenging at a waste site in Minna street, Garki, Abuja, said he has done this for three years:

“I came from Kano to continue this job in Abuja. I like the job, it provides for me and my brothers instead of stealing. I do not want to steal though, I see my mates do better jobs. I pick cans, rubbers, metals, bottles, aluminium and other items and sell them with my brothers after washing or cleaning them. I sell my items in the market to people that sell kerosene, palm oil, groundnut oil, zobo and other local drinks.
How much I make a day depends on how much items I gather; sometimes I make N500, sometimes N700 or even N 1,000 but, in a month, I can get up to N15,000 or even N20,000. The money is okay for me and my brothers to feed and take care of ourselves. Sometimes, when I pick these items from dust bins, I see money and other valuable items for my own use. Some times last year, I picked N25,000 from the waste bin. I was very happy. The challenge I face in this job is injury; if you see my finger, it is as a result of picking these items, a metal cut the finger but then, I still do it.”
Muhammadu Abubakar who started scavenging in 2003, said he has built a house from the proceeds so far:
“I started this job since the second tenure of Obasanjo (2003). I married doing this job, built my house from scratch doing this job and still feeding my family doing this job. I went to an Islamic school but I am not happy when I see my mates doing better jobs while I scavenge. I always wish I have a better job but, in a condition where there is no job in the country, one has to manage with what he has and this is what I can do.
I pick rubbers, bottles, metals and sell. In a day, I can make N200 or more. One kilogram of metal is N20, one kilogram of rubber N80. I make up to N7,000 to N8,000 in a month. The challenge I face in this job is that some people sometimes accuse me of stealing. There was a day I was accused of stealing a generator where I went to pick things. I was even interrogated by a policeman. But because I do not have any other job, I continue to do this job so that I can feed and provide for my family.”

Another scavenger said:

“I will leave this job even to be a gateman because it is risky and people do not respect me as they see me as a thief; some of them even keep an eye on me whenever I am doing my job. It is bad, I feel I have a right to earn a living. I do not have a house or a family. I am working to get food and make a living; it is better than stealing. I did not go to school, so I cannot get an office job. I get almost N5,000, mostly in a month but If I have many plastic bottles, I can get N8,000 but the job is risky. If I get another job, I will leave it.”
Another one said he earns N5000 a month from scavenging:
“I hate this job because people see me as a thief or a spy. And they mostly chase me away from their homes when I am searching for discarded items. I feel very bad and shy of the job but I have no other job. I feel bad when I see my age mates or even people younger than me in big cars and working in offices.”

This is great!

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