Abuja land dispute: Turai floors Patience in court

ABUJA — The cold war between two Nigerian "first-ladies", Dame Patience Goodluck Jonathan and wife of late President Umar Musa Yar'Adua, Turai, over a juicy plot of land in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja, reached its feverish heights Thursday. Their uncanny rivalry, which has exposed the country to public ridicule within the international circles, deepened after an Abuja High Court, presided over by Justice Peter Affen, declared that the disputed land where the incumbent "first-lady", Patience, recently hosted her counterparts from other African countries, belonged to Turai Yar'Adua.

In his judgment, Justice Affen maintained that the Minister of FCT, Senator Bala Mohammed, acted illegally when he revoked the Certificate of Occupancy for the land originally allocated to a Non-Governmental Organization, NGO, "The Registered Trustee of Women and Youth Empowerment Foundation, WYEF", a pet project initiated by Turai, and re-awarded it to Patience Jonathan for the construction of a secretariat of the "First Ladies Peace Mission."

According to the judge, "the said plot No.1347 Cadastral Zone AOO, Central Business District, Abuja, was originally allocated to the plaintiff (WYEF) for the building of a public institution, a vocational training center, in-line with the provision of section 28(1) of the Land Use Act.

"The vocational center is for public purpose and the title deed of the disputed land cannot just be revoked on the premise of over-riding public interest. "Public interest is not limited to the purpose of government alone,

the purported revocation stands precariously, if at all it stands. "Any revocation in the exercise of the power of the Minister under the Land Use Act must be within the confine or tenets of section 28(1) of the Act. More so, the defendant woefully failed to adduce evidence to support its claims of overriding public interest.

"Consequently, I uphold the submissions of the plaintiffs counsel and declare that the said revocation was done in bad-faith and is hereby nullified," the judge added.

Reacting through her lawyer, Mrs Ima Okpongete , Mrs. Jonathan, contended that the presiding judge erred in law by returning the land to the former first lady, contrary to overriding public interest. She said: "We are not satisfied with this judgment and we are going to appeal against it immediately." It will be recalled that in a bid to save the country from embarrassment over the lingering land dispute, Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mohammed Bello Adoke, SAN, earlier begged the court to allow him broker anout-of-court settlement deal for the warring "first-ladies".

Culled from: Vanguard

D’banj Set To Sign Olamide To His Music Label

New reports claim that the koko master, D'banj has concluded plans on signing fast rising rapper Olamide to his music label. Olamide who featured in Dbanj's newly released "Ibadi e" - one of the hit tracks in his DKM album - has been very close to the koko master of late.

They were both at the first Nigerian Entertainment Conference and were together all through the event. We hear that they arrived together and left together - we can't wait to see Olamide working hand in hand with the koko master! The above pictures speak more about this.

TRAGIC! Danfo Accident At Gbagada Claims One Leaves Many Injured

A ghastly motor accident just happened at Gbagada, along Oshodi-Berger Road. It was a terrible accident, so terrible that i couldn't look at the dead body lying down. Other people in the Danfo bus were injured. We pray that the lost live RIPP. Amen. Meanwhile, we want to also seize this opportunity to plead with motorist to always drive at a reasonable speed. Our sources made it known to us that the speed at which this bus was moving was so great. We will all live to fulfil God's purpose for our lives. Amen!

Forbes’ 2013 Richest Names in Hip-Hop List Revealed

 

While the names of MTV’s “Hottest MCs in the Game Right Now” continue to argue over ranking, a new list has been unveiled with different names entirely.
Forbes has revealed it’s data for 2013’s wealthiest artists in hip-hop. Topping the money chart is Sean “Diddy” Combs who continues his baller-status reign.
The value summary takes into account non-music ventures, so it was Diddy’s entrepreneurial spirit playing brand ambassador for Diageo’s Cîroc vodka that helped earn him his net worth of $580 million.
Following Diddy were Jay-Z with $475 million and Dr. Dre at $350 million.
Here’s how the top five rounded out:

1. Sean “Diddy” Combs — estimated net worth: $580 million
2. Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter — $475 million
3. Andre “Dr. Dre” Young — $350 million
4. Bryan “Birdman” Williams — $150 million
5. Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson — $125 million

Fans of reading about music artists’ extreme bank accounts will recall that the list reads exactly same order as last year’s list Though, all of the net worths received a bump in the last 365 days.
Last year’s list read:

1. Sean “Diddy” Combs — estimated net worth: $550 million
2. Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter — $460 million
3. Andre “Dr. Dre” Young — $260 million
4. Bryan “Birdman” Williams — $125 million
5. Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson — $110 million

According to the business publication’s website, the values are arrived at by: “looking at past earnings, valuing current holdings, leafing through financial documents and talking to analysts, attorneys, managers, other industry players and even some of the moguls themselves to find the nitty-gritty details.”

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