Obasanjo - "I would have been a dead person.”

Last week Wednesday, Olusegun Obasanjo, former Nigerian Army general and former President of Nigeria said providence saved him from the fire which recently burnt a part of his Hilltop Mansion in Abeokuta, Ogun State.

In his words:

 “The fire, which occurred in the office of my private secretary, resulted in thick smoke which pervaded my bedroom. If it had happened at night, I would have been a dead person.”

“I want to thank you all who called me on the telephone, both within and outside the country. Let us appreciate the mercy and kindness of God. There were many of us who started last year, but are no more today. We are not mocking them but extolling God.

“In fact, that I am able to stand erect is God’s blessings. Many in my age group cannot stand well anymore. I am not mocking them, but I am thanking God. My hope and prayer are that this year will be a glorious year.”

Saidi Balogun Speaks On Bisi Komolafe's Death!

In the wake of the sudden death of Yoruba movie starlet, Bisi Komolafe, who passed away on the New Year’s eve at the University Teaching Hospital, Ibadan, fellow actor, Saheed Balogun, has disclaimed the stories making the rounds that Komolafe’s death was as a result of fetish practices and husband snatching scandals.

Saidi With Another Nigerian Actor, Bovi James On The Set Of "You or I" In CAPE TOWN

Balogun, who is currently putting finishing touches to his latest movie, ‘You or I’, says, “I find it very absurd that anyone would attribute the death or illness of any Yoruba actor to juju. Many people die every day as a result of various ailments but the reason behind the hullabaloo over the death of a star is just because we are popular. It has nothing to do with jazz (evil forces) and no one knows the day he/she will die besides God. It is just sad that she died at a time when she was about to blow in the industry and fans looked forward to more works from her.”

Kogi Speaker’s Convoy In Fatal Auto Crash

The convoy of the Speaker of the Kogi State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Mommoh Jimoh Lawal was involved in a fatal car crash on New Year Day along Okene-Lokoja Road. A police Constable, Akeem Lamidi, who was riding a Toyota truck alongside other policemen attached to the Speaker, died on the scene.

The Speaker was said to be travelling to his Okene home town when a heavy duty truck ran into his escort van. Just last week, the governor of the state, Idris Wada, was involved in a car crash that claimed the lives of his ADC.

AY comedian and 2face set to move into multi million twin duplex

These Naija entertainers are not playing o. The unfinished building you see above is the twin duplex AY comedian and 2face Idibia will move into when its finished in January 2013. They will be next door neighbours. What you see below is what the house will look like when it's completed. The massive house is being built for the entertainers by Haven Homes. It's located in Lekki Phase 1. Heard AY and 2face paid a lot for the house...

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Merry Christmas Everyone!

May your hearts always be filled with joy, peace, happiness and love.  Wishing everyone Merry Christmas and a Happy New year in advance...lots of love from yours truly.

Forget Christianity and Islam — Only Ifa can curb corruption here (Ayekonilogbon)

This might sound like blasphemy. But the point is made! Omo-Oba Ayekonilogbon Olorunwa, a priest of Ifa deity, says corruption in the country will be bygone if Nigerians will agree to toe the path of Ifa. Ifa is a religion widely worshiped mostly by the Yorubas in the South Western part of the country. Olorunwa, 45, from Ode-Erinje in Okutipupa, Ondo State, believes that neither Christianity nor Islam – Nigeria’s two most professed religions is superior to Ifa.
He wants Ifa to be embraced as a national religion, maintaining that with the deity staring Nigerians in the face, corruption and allied vices in Nigerians will disappear. And no one will have to worry about them anymore. He admits, however, that getting Nigerians to reason with him will not be as easy as breaking biscuit. And that is where he is prepared to work and defend the cause of Ifa, even at the risk of his life.
He says all along, many people have been fighting and castigating Ifa unnecessarily. He says the country will be better off if the name of the deity is invoked while politicians are taking oath of office. “Beginning from time, Ifa has been the deity that directs people on what to do and what not to do. If somebody steals and Esu is commissioned to pass judgment, it will do just that. But when the culprit realises his sin and confesses, he can consult Ifa to help him ask what Esu will take to show compassion.

2015: Jonathan, Obasanjo Meet Secretly

As part of efforts to keep his second term bid on track, indications have emerged suggesting that President Goodluck Jonathan has commenced moves to pacify one of his predecessors in office, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo.
This is coming on the heels of reports yesterday in which the President denied insinuations that the relationship between him and ex-president Obasanjo was strained.
The relationship between the two seemed to be on the slide in recent times owing to the verbal exchanges that have ensued between them, prompting suggestions in some quarters that the Owu-born soldier-turned-politician might dump his protégé for another candidate in 2015.
There were speculations that two serving governors had been lined up to square up against President Jonathan in the event that he decides to contest the ticket of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). One of the two being propped up and others from the northern part of the country have been making contact with the former president with a view to enlisting his support, especially to lend them his platform in the south west.
Sources close to the former president told LEADERSHIP in Lagos that President Jonathan penultimate Friday paid a secret visit to Obasanjo to reconcile issues with him over some grievances that the former leader might habour against him.
The source said one of the nation’s respected Christian clergymen (names withheld) was part of the presidential delegation, during which the two spoke for some hours before Jonathan proceeded to the retreat camp of the Redeemed Christian Church of God for the monthly Holy Ghost service.
“The president was in the Lagos-Abeokuta axis two Fridays ago (December 14) to see Baba (Obasanjo) on the perceived gulf between the two of them, which has become common knowledge. Owing to the respect which the former leader has for the office of the president, he (Obasanjo) had to wait for him as he was scheduled to travel on the said day,” the source said.