Saying a little "am sorry" can make that Relationship Work!

I Can't Say Sorry for Nothing... Son: Dad, I want to get married Dad: First, tell me you are sorry Son: For what? Dad: Say sorry Son: But for what? What did I do? Dad: Just say sorry Son: But...What have I done wrong? Dad: I said, say sorry Son: Why??? Dad: Say Sorry!! Son: Please... Just tell me why?! Dad: Say sorry... Son: OK Dad, I am sorry Dad: Uhun... you've just qualified for marriage. When you learn to say sorry for no reason at all, then you are ready to get married! I can never forget this, It was in Rev Omar Pela's church. He told a story of how on a particular morning, his wife stormed into the room with a moody look on her face.. Being a gentleman, he asked, sweetheart what's wrong? She said, nothing! (you know when a lady tells you...nothing. irk!). So he impressed further, You don't sound fine dear... She replied, I said I'm fine! He said at that moment he tried to replay in his head, if there was any misunderstanding previously... He couldn't remember any. So, not to cause any tension at home, he decided to continue his study in church office... As he picked the car keys to leave, the wife blurted.. So you are going to leave without showing concern or care. He said at that point he was angry and shouted... Did I not ask you? What else do you want me to do... So he slammed the door and left. On getting to the car downstairs about to start the car... The Holy spirit asked him, if someone passes by now and mistakenly hit his leg on a stone, what would you say? He replied, I will tell the person sorry. The Holy spirit asked again, did you cause the person to hit his leg on the stone? He said no! Then why would you say sorry for what you didn't cause?... He said instantly he got the message the Holy spirit was trying to pass across... that you don't have to be the cause to say sorry. So he got back upstairs, his wife looking at him angrily... Then he said, sweetheart I'm sorry... She just wrapped her arm around him and sobs. What a wonder! He said he was left speechless and wondering.. Dear friends, stop justifying yourself. Can you just tell him/her you are sorry even if it was your partner's fault? I am sorry can make that relationship work!

UPDATES 14th April 2016

UPDATES: 2016 Budget Polarises Senate into North-South Divide. FG Accused of Diverting UK Aid to Persecute Buhari’s Political Foes. FG Sets Aside N500bn Intervention Fund for Poorest Nigerians. Senate Begins Legislation on PIB, Probes NNPC’s Joint Venture Cash Calls. Minister Warns Telcos, VAS Operators against Unsolicited SMS. FCT Polls: APGA Records First Electoral Victory in North. Anti-Fulani herdsmen protesters shut down Benue. Unpaid salaries: Bayelsa workers turn to begging for survival. Protesters block Aregbesola’s convoy. Lagos CJ frees 153 Kirikiri prisons inmates. Disregard military report on Ekiti election, Fayose tells FG. Telcos Reject New Tax on Electronic Communications Services. States borrowed N13.1tn from banks in 2015 – NBS. EU to invest €20m in Gulf of Guinea. FG seeks N3.2tn for transport infrastructure. Nigerians abroad remitted $21bn in 2015 –W’Bank. US Election: Trump Accuses Republican Leaders Of Conspiracy. UNIMAID Graduates 172 First Class In 5 Academic Sessions. Katsina Assembly Forces Leader, Whip To Resign. Zakzaky Has Lost His Left Eye, Left Hand is Paralysed, Says counsel. UCL semi-finalists: Man City, Real Madrid, Bayern Munich, Atletico Madrid. It is hard to fail but it is worse never to have tried to succeed. Have a great day

Chibok Girls Saga: #BringBackOurGirls

Nigeria Chibok Girls shown alive in new video: A video released by Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram appears to show some of the schoolgirls kidnapped two years ago from the town of Chibok. The video, apparently filmed in December, was sent to the Nigerian government and shows 15 girls in black robes identifying themselves as pupils abducted from the school. Some of those filmed have been identified by their parents. It is the first footage of the girls to be seen since May 2014. The kidnapping of the 276 girls triggered the global social media campaign #BringBackOurGirls, involving US first lady Michelle Obama and a host of celebrities. But despite their efforts, most of the girls are still missing. ■ Desperate call to missing daughter’s phone ■ Updates from Bring Back Our Girls march ■ What we know ■ Torment of a freed Boko Haram 'bride' ■ Risks of military intervention Meanwhile, hundreds of parents are due to hold a march in the Nigerian capital, Abuja, to demand the government does more to find their daughters. The BBC's Martin Patience in Abuja says they blame the previous government for doing nothing when the abduction took place and now the current administration for failing to devote enough resources to the search. Boko Haram militants attacked the government boarding school in Borno state on 14 April 2014, seizing the girls who had gone there to take exams. Shortly afterwards they released a video of them and demanded a prisoner exchange. Boko Haram's leader, Abubakar Shekau, said the girls had converted to Islam and he threatened to force them into marriage with his fighters or sell them into slavery. As the months passed, about 57 students managed to escape but at least 219 are still missing. The latest video, apparently filmed on Christmas Day 2015 and now broadcast on CNN, shows the girls pleading with the Nigerian government to co-operate with militants on their release. They said they were being treated well but wanted to be with their families. Two mothers, Rifkatu Ayuba and Mary Ishaya, said they recognised their daughters in the video while a third mother, Yana Galang, identified five of the missing girls, Reuters reported. They were shown the video at a screening organised by local officials in Maiduguri, capital of Borno state. "They were definitely our daughters... all we want is for the government to bring back our girls," said Mrs Galang. Amnesty International says about 2,000 children have been abducted by Boko Haram since 2014. Many are used as sex slaves, fighters and even suicide bombers. Although the militants are still launching attacks, the Nigerian army has made progress in its fight against them over the past year, our correspondent adds. It has retaken towns and villages controlled by Boko Haram and has also freed hundreds of women and children held captive. Boko Haram at a glance: ■ Founded in 2002, initially focused on opposing Western-style education - Boko Haram means "Western education is forbidden" in the Hausa language ■ Launched military operations in 2009 ■ Thousands killed, mostly in north-eastern Nigeria, hundreds abducted, including at least 200 schoolgirls ■ Joined so-called Islamic State, now calls itself IS's "West African province" ■ Seized large area in north-east, where it declared caliphate ■ Regional force has retaken most territory last year Source: BBC News AFRICA

UPDATES 13th April 2016

UPDATES: UNIPORT protest, killing, plot to sack me – VC. Reps summon AGF, IGP, say Malami fuelling Kogi crisis. NDLEA arrests 135 hemp sellers in Delta. ERA laments 17 deaths in oilfield explosions. China offers $6bn infrastructure loan to Nigeria. PanamaPapers: EFCC promises to probe named Nigerians. Senate in rowdy session, vows not to revisit budget. Five Chibok parents received calls from missing girls’ mobiles. Aso Rock security operatives lament one-year unpaid allowance. Woman kidnaps her kids, demands ransom from husband. We won’t forget Biafra, MASSOB replies South-East APC. Falcons beat Senegal 2-0, qualify for 2015 AWCON. Giwa insists on NFF takeover, ‘sacks’ state FAs. Inflation Gallops to 12.8 Per Cent. Nigerian, Camerounian Forces Kill Three Boko Haram Commanders, 22 Fighters. CJ Directs Judge Handling Saraki’s Case to Deliver judgment. NNPC: Port Harcourt Refinery Back on Stream, Producing Five Million Litres. NASS Summons 26 States Over Unpaid Expenses Incurred On Federal Roads. Enugu Builds 2,500 Houses For Civil Servants. Subsidy on petrol rises to N9.09 per litre. 2016: $274m Needed For Polio Campaign. Kano Govt Discovers 7,629 ‘Ghost Workers’. FG bans varsities from subscribing to private bandwidth providers. EFCC arraigns former acting NIMASA DG over alleged N156m fraud. Badeh furnished son’s property with N90m of NAF’s money —Witness. UCL - RESULT: Man City advance to the semi-finals for the first time with a 3-2 aggregate win. Ronaldo does it for Madrid! His hat-trick sends Real into the semis for the 6th consecutive season. No gem is polished without friction nor man perfected without trials Have a great day at work.

UPDATES 12th April 2016

UPDATES: Missing Chibok Schoolgirl Calls Her Father. Pirates Abduct Six Turkish Crew off Nigeria. Pinnick’s Loyalists in Control at NFF. Despite Pressure to Shelve Strike, NLC Insists on Protest. BBOG Commences Week of Global Action to Commemorate Abduction of Chibok Girls. Recruitment: Police Told to Adhere Strictly to Federal Character Principles. PanamaPaper Reveals T.B. Joshua’s Shell Company in Offshore Tax Haven. Emefiele: Agriculture Can’t Survive on High Lending Rates. Customs Loses N230bn Revenue to CBN’s Forex Ban on 41 Items. Dasuki Floors FG as ECOWAS Court Assumes Jurisdiction in His Case. Sokoto Moves to Boost Rice, Wheat Farming. Oyo Worst Hit by Malnourished Children in S’ West – Survey. Lagos to arraign 28 tax defaulters. FG Resuscitates Sunti Sugar Company with N26bn. Two die, UNIPORT shut as students protest fee payment. N5.6bn diversion: Orji Kalu’s re-arraignment holds May 16. 347 corpses buried after Shiites, soldiers clash –Kaduna SSG. Contractors paid N1bn into Sule Lamido’s accounts –EFCC. N400m paid to Metuh on Jonathan’s order –Witness. Tompolo sues FG over N45.9bn fraud charges. Lagos principal recalled, NUT claims pupil’s injuries fabricated. Man Commits Suicide Over Inability To Get Married At 40. New vessels expected as fuel scarcity lingers. Poor Allocation: Aregbesola Wants Budget Cut By N12.8bn. Benue Varsity Students Shut Down Makurdi-Gboko Highway Over Tuition Hike. Nasarawa Assembly Passes Vote Of Confidence On Speaker, Principal Officers. Fashola Appeals To Nigerians To Be Patient Over Epileptic Power Supply. You are judged by what you finished and not by what you start. Good morning and have a great day

UPDATES 11th April 2016

UPDATES: Adeosun Unfolds Plan to Reset Economy. Dangote Turns 59, Begins $1bn Okpella Cement Plant Construction. PanamaPapers: SERAP wants indicted Nigerian leaders probed. Archbishop of Canterbury Learns Real Father was Churchill’s Private Secretary. Troops Rescue 14 Women, Children In Terrorist Camp. Recover $200bn loot, shelve $2bn loan plan, Falana tells FG. PDP wins Ife bye-election. NUC To Shut Down Benue Varsity Law Faculty Over Lack Of Facilities. Nigeria ‘II Attain Food Sufficiency In 3 Years – FG. NNPC Records 30 Cases Of Fuel Diversion In Borno. Enugu Govt, Fulani Herdsmen Agree On C’ttee To Curb Violent Clashes. Nigeria Remains Best Place To Invest In The World —Dangote. Land dispute: 2 feared dead, village sacked, 3,000 homeless in Otukpo. 'To be loved is good, to love is better.. to love and be loved in return is a treasure that the world cannot measure.' - LANRIS Thanks for the overwhelming show of affection all. Appreciated! Love you all and have a great week ahead.

UPDATES 6th April 2016

UPDATES: Kachikwu: Fuel Scarcity Eases Today in Abuja, Lagos. Buhari to Submit Electoral Reforms Proposals to N/Assembly. CCT: Saraki Expresses Happiness as Trial Begins. DHQ Establishes Camp for Repentant Boko Haram Members. Market Sheds N1.1tn in Three Months on Bleeding Banking Stocks. Stop Blaming Us for Your Failure, PDP Cautions APC. Buhari’ll get budget details this week, says Rep. Peace with Fayose won’t stop Aluko’s prosecution, says Ekiti. Alake, Awujale behind my return to APC – Osoba. Old girls scheming to sack Queen’s College principal – PTA. Curb convoy drivers’ recklessness, Sultan urges FRSC. Witness: Saraki used Kwara funds to repay personal loans. Blackout: Shiroro, Sapele power plants shut. PanamaPapers: Eight offshore companies linked to Mark. Aluko recants, denies reconciliation with Fayose. NFF gets one month for report on foreign coach. Lagos, France Partner To Upgrade Slums. FG endorses use of herbal medicine. Abuja-Kaduna rail project not feasible in May —Amaechi. Military kills 4 pirates, frees abducted soldier in Bayelsa. 2 Pregnant Women Collapse, Die During Bauchi Teachers Verification. CCT: Saraki may resign any moment as senators mount pressure. APC chides PDP over attempt to re-open Tinubu’s CCT trial. UCL Quarter-Finals, 1st Leg – Results: Barcelona 2-1 Atletico Madrid, Bayern Munich 1-0 Benfica. Be nice to everyone you meet, your life may depend on them one way or another. Have a nice day

Police Accused Of Assaulting Lawyer In Lagos

42 year old Sunday Elimihe(pictured below), a Lagos based lawyer has accused the police officers attached to the Onipanu Division in Lagos state of beating him up and leaving him with a wounded eye. The Nation reports that Elimihe was rushed to the Shomolu General Hospital Thursday, after he was assaulted by some policemen because he refused to give them N1,000 bribe. Narrating what happened, the victim who is currently hospitalized, said “On my way coming from Lekki where I went to check a property with my client, I decided to use the Onipanu police station road, by Apata. Immediately I drove into the street close to the station, one Corporal Alonge stopped me, demanded for my vehicle particulars. I gave them to him, then he demanded for my driver’s license, which  I also gave him.  When he discovered I did not commit any offence, he asked for my tinted glass permit which I gave him. He told me I was using a forged tinted glass permit. I told him I could not have forged a police document as a lawyer. He became furious and said he was going to arrest me. He jumped into my vehicle and insisted I must give him N1,000 to bail myself. I said I was not going to give him any money since I have not committed any offence. He pounced on me and cocked his gun threatening to shoot me if I make a move. Another policewoman who sighted us came and dragged the gun from him. The policeman after being disarmed descended on me and gave me the beating of my life. He pushed me into the cell and another policeman came inside the cell, locked up the cell and beat me for 30 minutes. I see this as intimidation of the highest order, not because I am a lawyer, but because I am an average Nigerian. I was humiliated like a common criminal. This is oppression. One of my eyes is partially blind. I have been vomiting blood since yesterday. It was the intervention of a good policeman in the station who warned them not to kill me. I would have been dead by now,” he said.

5th April 2016

UPDATES: Medical students to spend seven years, not 11 – NUC. We’ve little to show for 16 years of oil boom – Buhari. Kaduna kidnappings: IG transfers policemen, redeploys AIG. APC NWC mediates in Bayelsa crisis. Saraki, Ibori in fresh controversy over secret assets. Nasarawa APC, PDP lawmakers trade blows. Fuel scarcity paralyses Lagos, other major cities. 145 textile firms lost to economic downturn —FG. Saraki appeals CCT ruling, seeks to stall trial today. Terrorism: Nigerian airports 96% secure, says ICAO. Nationwide Darkness Worsens. Independent Marketers Accept Blame for Fuel Scarcity. Pre-financing assessment of North-East rehabilitation completed —Presidency. Osun to open register for poor, vulnerable in 12 LGAs. NJC Queries Embattled Justice Yunusa. FCT poll: INEC commences accreditation of journalists tomorrow. NIS tragedy: FG gives automatic employment to 105 candidates. PIB: Ijaw Youths Warn Against Removal of Oil-producing Communities’ Fund. Residents doctors serve 21-day ultimatum, ready for nationwide strike. CT Cosmos to Set up $150m Solar Power Project in Plateau. B/Haram: $9bn Needed For Rebuilding Of N/East – Presidency. World Leaders, Politicians’ Undisclosed Assets Exposed. Ekiti Politics: Fayose and Aluko Reconcile in Lagos. Over 13,000 Small Businesses Jostle For N10bn BoI Loans. To keep healthy, eat healthy food as medicine or you will eat your medicine as food. Have a stress-free day

UPDATES 4th April 2016

UPDATES: Osoba dumps SDP, defects to APC. Assailants kill two sons of Calabar cleric. 60-year-old wheelbarrow pusher begins secondary education in Delta. I had frosty relationship with Justice Abang – Metuh. Navy seizes boats laden with stolen diesel. Fuel scarcity likely to end in May –Marketers. Displaced persons resort to food theft. Customs impound N663m goods in three months. Official adds 300 fake names to Kogi LG payroll. 4 dead as suspected cultists clash in Ilorin. Police recruitment records 15,000 applications in three days. Ekitigate: Army fires Momoh, ex-spokesman, others. Afe Babalola drags former Lagos Solictor-General before ICPC. Buhari, governors agreed on ranches to end herdsmen/farmers clashes —Lalong. Alamieyeseigha for burial April 9. Buhari sold his house to get his child forex —Adesina. Defaulters of Employees’ Compensation Act to face trial •Ngige directs NSITF to commence court action. Marketers to import 58% of Q2 fuel allocation. N7.4bn debt: Police commence part payment to contractors •As contractors return to sites. Housing Finance: AfDB Injects $8.2m Into Shelter Afrique. I criticise Buhari as most senior governor in Nigeria — Fayose. EFCC probes $40m pipeline security contract. SWF generates N26.3bn income in 2015. BPL – Results: Leicester 1-0 Southampton, Man United 1-0 Everton. Champions are propelled by desire, not compelled by fear. Good morning and have a wonderful week ahead

HAPPY NEW MONTH! 1st April 2016

UPDATES: Lagos to cancel restriction during sanitation. Treasury looters don’t deserve bail, says Falana. Two Ekiti varsity students jailed for cultism. PSC begins recruitment of 10,000 policemen today. Oil theft: Air force to deploy aircraft in S’ South. Probe allegations against Sylva, Lokpobiri, deputy spokesman tells APC. Court orders Zuma to repay state funds. Building Nigeria, not an overnight operation, US tells Buhari. 22 die in India bridge collapse. I won’t sign budget in a hurry, says Buhari. Ondo inaugurates 27.5km road in Irele. Arepo three killed in error – Residents. Eight power plants shut zero generation recorded for hours. Bristow pilots protest, Caverton workers threaten strike. Nine firms submit bids for refinery co-location. Nigerians groan as no end in sight to fuel scarcity. No agreement yet as Oyo govt, workers meet. FG will monitor N350bn injected into economy —SGF. One of abducted Kaduna pastors found dead. Gov Okorocha Swears In New SSG. Nigeria records first baby from frozen egg. 'The two most important days in your life are the day you were born and the day you find out why' #PrayForBrendan TGIF. Have a great weekend ahead. =-D