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THE Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the
House of Representatives, on Thursday,
regained its majority position in the House.
This followed the defection of a member of
APC from Nassarawa State, Honourable David
Ombugadu, to the PDP.
From available records, the PDP now has
174 members as against the All Progressives
Congress (APC) with 172 members.
It will be recalled that a member of APC from
Nassarawa State, Honourable Joseph Kigbu
Haruna, had, on Tuesday, defected to PDP,
while the Nigerian Tribune exclusively
reported that Honourable Ombugadu had
also perfected plan to defect to PDP.
The Speaker, Honourable Aminu Tambuwal,
at the plenary session on Thursday, read a
letter from Honourable Ombugadu, quoting
the lawmaker as saying that he decided to
dump the defunct Congress for Progressive
Change (CPC), which had now merged with
APC for PDP, after due consultation with his
constituents.
The defection of the lawmaker resulted in
jubilation among PDP members, as they
accompanied him to the PDP leaders for
introduction.
Deputy Chairman, House Committee on
Media and Public Affairs, Honourable Victor
Ogene, while responding to questions from
newsmen during the weekly briefing, said
that it was too early to give any political
party in the House a clear majority, saying
that “it (the defection) is an ongoing
process.”

Emotionally intelligent people aren’t ruled by
their thoughts; they are the master of them.
Discover your emotional strength today with
these 15 signs that you are emotionally
intelligent.
1.You’re Fascinated by What Makes
People Tick.
Emotionally intelligent people are fascinated
by human behavior. They notice things like
body language, dialect, and personal tics.
Being a people-watcher helps them find
clues about what makes each individual
special.
2. You’re an Enthusiastic Leader Who
Walks the Walk.
Emotionally intelligent people know it’s silly
to talk the talk if they’re not willing to walk
the walk. Instead of leading behind by
delivering commands, they lead from the
front by setting an example.
3.You’re Aware of Your Strengths and
Weaknesses.
Emotionally intelligent people know you’re
not as weak as your weakest link; you are as
strong as your strongest link. They use their
greatest strengths as much as possible to
make their weaknesses a moot point.
4.You’re at Peace with the Past.
Emotionally intelligent people don’t have
time for regret. They drop their baggage
and move forward into the present, because
that’s where progress happens.
5.You’re Not Freaked Out About the
Future.
Emotionally intelligent people don’t obsess
with future events outside of their control.
They are comfortable living in a world that
doesn’t come with a crystal ball, because life
is meant to be an exciting adventure (not a
scripted routine).
6. You’re Tuned in to the Present Moment.
Emotionally intelligent people don’t merely
“get through” their hectic day. Instead, they
actively experience the nuances of every
single moment of every single day.
7.You’re a Skilled Active Listener.
Emotionally intelligent people know that
“hearing” and “listening” are two different
things. They re-phrase a person’s
statements in the form of a question to
make sure nothing got lost in translation.
8.You’re Capable of Figuring Out Why
You’re Upset.
Emotionally intelligent people don’t let a
chorus of negative self-talk take over their
brain. They are detectives who explore their
environment, searching for clues that
revealwhythey feel the way they do and
(most importantly)whatthey can do to make
it better.
9.You’re Comfortable Talking with Friends
and Strangers.
Emotionally intelligent people never met a
stranger they didn’t like. They don’t care
about a person’s age, race, religion, gender,
intimate orientation, or political affiliation;
they love everybody equally, because we’re
all human here.
10. You’re Ethical in Business and
Relationships.
Emotionally intelligent people follow their
moral compass in business and life. Their
values might differ from person to person,
but high standards govern their behavior.
11.You’re Eager to Help People.
Emotionally intelligent people don’t need a
reason to help others. They help elderly
women with their grocery bags; offer to
wash the dishes if a friend or partner
prepared dinner; and hold doors open, not
just for ladies, but gentlemen as well.
12. You’re Able to Read People Like a
Book.
Emotionally intelligent people can translate
the meaning of gestures, expressions, and
body-language. They know you can’t
depend on language alone, because a
person’s physical presence is often at odds
with the words they express.
13. You’re Firm in Your Desire to Achieve.
Emotionally intelligent people strive for
success, no matter how long it takes. They
are willing to deal with setbacks and
address shortcomings, because you don’t
lose until you quit.
14.You’re Motivated for Reasons Inside of
Yourself.
Emotionally intelligent people build
motivation that lasts. They detach
themselves from the end result and focus on
enjoying the process. Personal development
doesn’t happen at the moment of
achievement, but during the growth process
that leads to success.
15.You’re Willing to Say “No” When You
Have To.
Emotionally intelligent people know there
can be too much of a good thing. They
know they can’t do everything, so they set
priorities determined by what is most
important to them.

A 14-year-old pupil of Government Science
College at Iyin-Ekiti in Irepodun/Ifelodun
Local Government Area of Ekiti State has
been found a day after she was alleged to
have been missing. Sources said the girl,
who is still recovering, was discovered
unconscious and was taken to the Federal
Medical Centre in Ido-Ekiti for treatment. The
incident
A 14-year-old pupil of Government Science
College at Iyin-Ekiti in Irepodun/Ifelodun
Local Government Area of Ekiti State has
been found a day after she was alleged to
have been missing. Sources said the girl,
who is still recovering, was discovered
unconscious and was taken to the Federal
Medical Centre in Ido-Ekiti for treatment. The
incident occurred when the girl told her
school mates during a prep session at about
8.30pm on Tuesday that she was not feeling
well and therefore went back to the
dormitory to rest. Before she got to the
dormitory, she allegedly got missing and all
efforts to locate her by her school mates,
housemaster and other teachers proved
abortive. The sources, however, said that the
girl, who they claimed might have been
kidnapped for ritual purpose, was
discovered unconscious and naked the
following morning (yesterday) at the
premises of a private school in the
community. The Ekiti State Commissioner for
Education, Mr. Kehinde Ojo, confirmed to
journalists on telephone yesterday that the
girl was discovered at a remote section of
Femi Balogun Nursery and Primary School at
Iyin-Ekiti at the early hours of yesterday by a
retired principal and the school proprietor.
Ojo said that the proprietor had reported
the case at Iyin Police Station before the girl,
who was already in an unconscious state
and stripped naked, was taken to the
Federal Medical Centre in Ido-Ekiti for
treatment. The commissioner said:
“Preliminary medical examination had
shown that the girl was neither **** nor
hit by hard object. Though she has regained
consciousness and responding well to
treatment”. The police spokesman, Mr. Victor
Babayemi, said nobody had been arrested in
connection with the circumstances
surrounding the situation. Babayemi said:
“We want to make sure that the girl is on
her feet to give us enough information to
help our investigations before we start
saying what actually happened. It can be
ritual or kidnap attack. We are not leaving
anything to chance because it can be
anything”.

Everybody wants to be rich in life but only
few can do what it takes to get rich in a
legal and reasonable way. As important as
going into a relationship is, it is also very
important to achieve a certain level of
financial independence before you enter
into it.
Financial issues have been one important
factor in relationships. It has ruined
marriages and break relationships either
because it is in short supply or one party
lacks enough of it. Money defines romance,
it commands respect and spice up a
relationship when it is in proper supply. No
wonder it answers all things regarding life
but cannot buy somethings such as love,
trust and integrity. Yet, it plays an important
role in any relationship.
Are you planning to go into marriage or any
relationship very soon, try as much as you
can to be financially independent while
single. When I mean independence, it refers
to being able to
cater for your financial needs without
having to depend on anybody. I have seen
some relationship where the wife cannot
do anything except when her husband
comes, vice versa. Yes, it happens! Don't
dream of having to marry a rich man/
woman, be the rich man/woman that will
be dreamt of being married.
Issues will be minimal when money is part
of the driving force in a relationship. On the
contrary, if it is limited and one party have
to foot the bills, pay the rent, buy petty
things that is needed at home or pay the
children's school fees; more issues will be
generated. It will create more pressure on
the provider and make the dependent
partner less confident and financially
unsecured. Ladies, please, never go into a
relationship if you don't have a source of
income or a degree that is profitable.
To achieve financial independence, you
must ensure to do these:
*READ
An important way of becoming financially
stable is when you acquire profitable
knowledge or glean ideas that you can
convert to make money. Read good books
that are informative rather than junks or
materials that doesn't add value to your life.
Nobody can take away what you know
from you if it puts money on your table. So
acquire knowledge. Buy books that can
stimulate your business sense.
*THINK
There are lots of people who read books
but only few think about what is read. Great
thinkers are great inventors. Spend time to
think of how you can do it better than its
been done. Ideas don't come from reading
but it comes through thinking. Think of the
things that you can do that has not been
implemented in your environment. Ideas
will only flow when you take time to read.
Think on a new problem and not on
someone's solution. This will make you an
imitator. Thinking will generate you the
ideas that can make you financially stable.
*DON'T BE LAZY
If wishes were horse, beggars would be the
richest.A lazy man/woman will only wish
they have money or dream about a wealthy
life, but they will be lazy to implement their
desires. Laziness destroys a person than it
would help them. It makes you
procrastinate or fail to achieve your pursuit.
Do something with your ideas, talent or the
trade you learn. There is no how you'd be
rich if you cannot work. Being married to a
rich person does not determine you
comfort or independence. Work! It is what
you earn personally that you can be proud
of.
*LEARN A TRADE
God has never created an empty-brained
human. It is lack of use that makes the brain
dull.While waiting to be married, learn a
trade. There are lots of things to learn that
can fetch you an income when you're good
at it. Bead making, fashion design, cleaning
services, graphic design and other menial
jobs in your environ are things you can
learn to irk a living. With several populations
in the world, you have your potential
customers in your community that will
patronize your services. Not everybody will
have a white collar job, so learn something.
*START A BUSINESS
Are you penniless? Start small. A great
house is not built from the roof to the
foundation. No great business ever started
big. Every successful entrepreneurs have a
story to tell about their small beginnings. A
small business can yield an enough capital
to start a big business.
You have to leave your comfort zone before
you can rise above dependence. Instead of
wasting your time on frivolity, buy good
books and read. No sweat, no gain.
Business ideas are not sold in books but
they are birth out through thinking. If by
chance you are short of ideas, learn a trade
and be good at it. Most  government will not
help theircitizens. They cannot give you the
extra income you need. Rather than wait for
unclesor aunt; start a business. There are
lots of business ideas that has not be
known. Think and ideas will flow.
One of the ways to enjoy your marriage or
relationship apart from other factors such
as love, respect and integrity is when you
have stable source of income. It might
necessarily not be big, but it is good to have
something to contribute into the
relationship. It gives you confidence, value
and respect. Read. Think. Don't be lazy.
Learn a trade or start a business. It is better
to be financially independent before you go
into marriage than to be dependent.

About 250 million children globally are not
learning basic skills, even though half of
them have spent at least four years in
school, a UN report has said.
The independent Education for All Global
Monitoring Report entitled “Teaching and
Learning: Achieving Quality for All” put the
annual cost of this failure around 129 billion
dollars.
The report which was made available at the
UN Headquarters in New York on
Wednesday noted that less than 75 per cent
of primary school teachers were trained
according to national standards.
It also added that some 57 million children
were not in school at all.
The report said that some 125 million school
children around the world were unable to
read a single sentence, even after four years
of attendance, describing the situation as a
waste of 129 billion dollar a year.
It, however, called on governments to draft
the best teachers to teach the most
underprivileged if the goal of universal
education was ever to be reached.
“This learning crisis has costs not only for
the future ambitions of children, but also for
the current finances of government,” it
stressed.
The report proposed four strategies to
provide the best teachers to reach all
children with good quality education.
It also suggested that the selection of the
right teachers to reflect the diversity of
children and training teachers to support
the weakest learners from the earliest
grades.
Others are overcoming inequalities by
allocating the best teachers to the most
challenging parts of a country.
It also includes providing teachers with the
right mix of government incentives to
remain in the profession and ensure all
children are learning, regardless of their
circumstances.
“The policy changes have a cost. This is why
we need to see a dramatic shift in funding.
“Basic education is currently under funded
by 26 billion dollar a year while aid is
continuing to decline.
“At this stage, governments simply cannot
afford to reduce investment in education
nor should donors step back from their
funding promises.
“This calls for exploring new ways to fund
urgent needs,” the report quoted the
UNESCO Director-General, Irina Bokova, as
saying.
The report also said that the world would
miss the goal of full primary schooling for
children, both boys and girls, everywhere by
2015.
It explained that the second of the anti-
poverty Millennium Development Goals
adopted at the UN Millennium Summit in
2000 was imperative to make education
central to sustainable development agenda
for the decades after 2015.
“As we advance towards 2015 and set a
new agenda to follow, all governments must
invest in education as an accelerator of
inclusive development.
“This report’s evidence clearly shows that
education provides sustainability to
progress against all development goals.
“Educate mothers, and you empower
women and save children’s lives. Educate
communities, and you transform societies
and grow economies,” Bokova said.
The report noted that in 2011, around half
of young children had access to pre-primary
education, but that in sub-Saharan Africa the
share was only 18 per cent.
It said that the number of children out of
school was 57 million, adding that half of
whom lived in conflict-affected countries.
“In sub-Saharan Africa, only 23 per cent of
poor girls in rural areas were completing
primary education by the end of the decade.
“If recent trends in the region continue, the
richest boys will achieve universal primary
completion in 2021, but the poorest girls
will not catch up until 2086,” the report said.

A woman in Pakistan has given birth to
6 healthy babies, 4 boys and 2 girls at
a hospital in Bannu district of Khyber
Pakhtunkhwa.
The woman attended clinic for a routine
appointment to see how her pregnancy
was progressing only to go into labour.
The family, from the Datta Khel area of
North Waziristan were later moved to
the Combined Military Hospital in Bannu
for further observation.
According to a gynaecologist at the
hospital, the mother and her children
are in stable and healthy condition,’

THERE was palpable tension in Port Harcourt,
Rivers State, on Sunday, as the state police
command confirmed the arrest of 320 Boko
Haram suspects.
Though details were still sketchy as of the
time of filing this report, Nigerian Tribune
gathered that the suspects were arrested
from a convoy of 17 commuter buses, all
coming from Jigawa State.
However, sources at the State Criminal
Investigation Department (SCID) confirmed
that the arrest was made after a tip-off.
According to the sources, the suspects,
arrested in the convoy led by one Bala Marto
Danbam, were all travelling in buses
belonging to a transportation company
owned by a former Inspector General of
Police.
“The arrest started from about 1.00 a.m till
about 7.00 a.m at different points; some
were arrested as they were entering the
state boundary, while others were arrested
from places like Mile One and other parts of
Port Harcourt.
“Three hundred and twenty of them, men
and women, were arrested and the manner
of the travelling was deemed suspicious; so
many people in those buses and at that time
of the day was suspicious,” the source said.
When reached for comments, the state
Police Commissioner, Joseph Mbu, confirmed
the development, adding that the state
command would not comment on the
matter yet for security reason.
“It’s a top security issue. I don’t know how
you got the information and I won’t ask you,
but there cannot be any comment now from
the Rivers police command until we finish
the investigation. I will make no comment,”
Mbu said.
It could not be confirmed if arms or other
incriminating objects had been discovered
with the suspects, but they, alongside the
buses that conveyed them, were inside the
premises of the police department.
Nigerian Tribune observed that security had
been tightened around the SCID on Sunday
evening, as movements into and around the
area were under close watch.
Journalists who tried to access the premises
were strictly barred by policemen on guard.
It was also observed that the areas close to
the SCID premises were thronged by people
believed to be friends and kinsmen of the
arrested suspects.
Meanwhile, the Northern States’ Governors
Forum has charged security agencies to end
the killing of defenseless citizens, especially
in the North-East region, where suspected
Boko Haram members have continued their
bloody campaign since 2009.
Chairman of the forum and Niger State
governor, Dr Babangida Aliyu, in Minna, on
Sunday, noted that members of the forum
were concerned at the renewed attacks,
which had killed 18 persons around
Maiduguri.
“The forum is particularly alarmed that the
shooting to death of 18 persons in Njaba,
Mude, Kwaljiri and Kaya villages in Borno
followed the same pattern, as previous
midnight attacks on towns and villages in
the region,” he told the News Agency of
Nigeria (NAN).
According to a statement signed by his Chief
Press Secretary, Danladi Ndayebo, Aliyu
described the fresh attacks as “horrendous,
callous and inhuman.”
He also called on security agencies to halt
the incessant clashes between Fulani
herdsmen and farmers in the region.

Dana Air on Monday resumed flight
operations after a successful operational
audit the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority
carried out on the airline.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that
Dana Air’s aircraft with registration number
5N-JOY departed the domestic terminal two
of the Murtala Muhammed Airport by 2:30
p.m.
Addressing aviation correspondents, the
Chief Operating Officer of the airline,Mr Yvan
Drewinsky, commended the NCAA under its
Director-General, Capt. Fola Akinkuotu, for
the successful completion of the technical
audit.
Drewinsky assured the NCAA management
that Dana would comply with all the
standard regulations.
“I am happy that Capt. Akinkuotu wrote us
to say we can recommence flight operations
after the audit had been successfully
completed by NCAA inspectors and its
foreign partners,” he said.
He said that the airline had organised series
of training for its personnel to keep them
up-to-date in the discharge of their duties.
“Some pilots are still in South Africa
undergoing training in simulator, since
anybody who has not flown for a while
needs refresher training before he or she
can come back to the cockpit of the
aircraft,” he said.
Drewinsky said that Dana had signed a
contract for the supply of a Boeing 737-500
series which would arrive before the end of
the month.
“The second one will arrive mid-February;
this is part of effort to increase our fleet,” he
said.
He expressed happiness that the airline was
back and assured passengers of safety
while on board its aircraft.
NAN reports that the NCAA, in October 2013,
suspended the airline to allow it carry out
what it called an “operational audit”.
In December 2013, the aviation regulatory
body announced that it had completed the
audit and would carry out the same exercise
on other airlines.

Yea

I've been complaining for sometime now
about storage space always running out
despite not installing any apps or updating
any app. I would go to bed with over
100mb of storage space available and then
wake up to find that terrible icon above my
A+ that "storage space is running out". I had
no idea what was eating all the memory. I
went as far as uninstalling some of my
favourite apps just to create more space but
weeks later I would still end up with low
internal storage for apps. At a point, I
started suspecting some evil spirits had
started taking up space in my phone and
squatting there without paying rent... (you
know our naija mentality na ). After months
of tedious searching sha, I finally saw this
blog online with a pretty simple solution to
the problem.
Now let's start... Please pay attention and
read carefully before proceeding... I may not
be chanced to explain to anyone after
posting this. Got a lot to do at my desk o...
Ehn Ehn!
Now, you must be ROOTED in order to view
the secret "evil" files taking up space
Public Disclaimer: I shall not be held
responsible for any damaged/bricked
phones after proceeding with the process
below. Reading this post means you have
agreed to handle your devices at your own
will.
Here we go:
The files in "Internal Storage" cannot be
browsed using a normal file browser
because inherently Android states that files
in this storage be and remain "private".
There must be something inside that is
roughly taking up all that space...
1. Root your phone. (Kindly search other
threads for instructions on how to root your
phone. I hearframaroot is the trending
root app for most Android phones at the
moment)
2. Download theRoot Browser app from
here or the google playstore: https://
play.google.com/store/apps/details?
id=com.jrummy.root.browserfree&hl=en
3. Reboot your phone
4. Open the newly installed Root Browser
app, a pop up might come stating if you
want to give the app root permission. Don't
waste time in Granting it.
5. Locate or scroll to /data/ and delete the
folder "log" (on my A+, the folder was
labelled as "log_other_mode"
- Note that if you are not sure of which
folder contains the log files meant for
deletion, kindly copy the folder and paste it
in another destination where you can easily
find it without hassle. So it will act as a
backup in case you delete the wrong files
and mess up your phone unintentionally.
6. Now go and check the storage you have
left. (It should be as free as the 3rd Mainland
Bridge during an early morning sanitation)
One of the screenshots below shows the
contents of the 'log' folder and then later my
storage space after deleting the log files.

Scores of residents rushed to Community
Grammar School Amuloko in Ona Ara local
government area of Ibadan, capital of Oyo
state, yesterday to see a mysterious
inscription of the name of Allah on the bark
of a tree in the premises of the school.
The inscription, which had been noticed
around 1 pm last Friday by a JSS 1 student,
Abdulsalam Selimot, attracted many from
the community and beyond.
Many turned the tree to an object of
worship and started making supplications
under it.
The Quranic lettering, which an Agriculture
teacher in the Amuloko School, Mr. Atanda
Abdulrauf Olayiwola, interpreted to mean
“Mohammadu Ra Sululah” first appeared
faintly before it got bolder few hours later
to the consternation of many .
Selimot, who spoke in her mother’s rented
apartment at Oloya area of Amuloko, said:
“My Dad said he was coming to see me and
so I stood under the tree in front of our
school.
“Suddenly, a leaf fell on my head and when I
picked it, I saw certain writing on it. I
looked up to see where it came from and
discovered it fell from the tree.
“There and then I saw an Arabic lettering
appearing, being written on the tree. I
could not read it well but I noticed that it
was a Quranic Language similar to the
spellings we were being taught at our
Quranic centre.
“I then went to inform some Alfas who
came for GNLD training close by. They saw it
and asked for my name. They asked me to
go and call my parents, and I went to call
my mother,” she recollected.
She said that the Alfas started rubbing their
palms on the tree, shouting the name of
Allah, a development that attracted others.
Many people besieged the area to take
pictures of the inscription with their mobile
handsets.
Others videoed it.
Old and young were seen plucking the
leaves of the tree, cutting its branches,
while some were rubbing their palms on it.
Some were even rubbing sachets of pure
water on the bark of the tree in the belief
that it would turn holy water for them to
drink.

The story you’re about to read is an
encounter with a homosexual mistress as
reported and detailed bySunnewsonline.
Six years ago, Musa Ali (not his real name)
was linked up with a rich businessman in
Yola, who ‘initiated’ him into gay sex. Ali was
told that being gay would make him bold
and feared. Of course, he was also told that
he would make a huge load of money. Now
36, Ali is somewhat filled with regrets and
wishing it were possible to turn back the
hands of the clock.
Sitting in the serene evening of last
Thursday in Bankin Kogi at the bank of River
Benue in Yola after a Herculean arrangement
to get him to talk, he shared his story with
our correspondent. Ali revealed that the rich
and the powerful, both in business and
politics hit the hay with him. Excerpts…
How did you become a gay?
A woman my friend introduced to me lured
me into it. The woman linked me up with
some men in business and in politics. The
first man I was introduced to told me that
having anal sex would fetch me good
fortune and I would be bold to challenge
anybody no matter his social status. He said
that if I wanted to be rich and be likable, I
should join the club of gays. He said that I
would meet influential people and they
would be attracted to me. Also, I was told
that if I ask for anything, without hesitation,
my demands would be obliged. He said
whenever I speak, I would be feared and my
wish would obeyed. That was six years ago.
He made love to me during political
campaigns and gave me N150,000. I bought
a parcel of land with that money but later
sold it.
How old are you now and what has been
your experience?
I am 36 years old. As I said earlier, I have
been in this business (anal sex act) for six
years. But all that I was promised did not
come to pass. The business has robbed me
of my senses and personality. Big men
patronize us, but the business is not worth
it. The same big men that patronize and give
us big money, somehow through diabolical
means, snatch the same money from us.
They make love to us and give us big money
but we never really benefit from the money.
I have often regretted being a gay but I
cannot help it. I sometimes ask myself what
are the benefits derivable from this act?
Nothing at all! My earlier plan was that I
would work as a gay, get huge amount of
money and settle down with a beautiful
wife. But I was unable to use the proceeds
to do anything worthwhile or live a
comfortable life. But that has not come to be
after all. I have gained over N9 million as
proceeds from this act but cannot account
for it. The wealthy in the society only use us
as mistresses and abandon us at the end.
Although some of us are being courted by
powerful men in the society, but they
discard us like worthless rag in the long run
after satisfying themselves.
You said you were told that homosexual
sex would make you bold. Are you now
bold and feared by people?
Yes, for the first two years, I was feared and
respected. But I do not enjoy such power
again.
Why is that so?
Honestly, I don’t know why.
Before you were introduced to the
homosexual act, did you have affection for
women?
Yes.
Do you still have affection for women
now?
No. I used to have affection for women or
young girls, but I no longer have such
feelings and this is disturbing me seriously.
It is disturbing because no matter how
beautiful a girl is I cannot have feeling of
love for her nor make love advances to her.
She won’t be appealing to me. I regret
becoming a homosexual. I found myself in a
precarious situation because my colleagues
might kill me if I dared to leave the business.
We are expected to stick to the covenant we
have all entered into.
Do you have a permanent partner?
I do not have a permanent partner because
most of the people I have met did not want
to maintain a permanent relationship, which
would entail paying for my domestic needs
and being responsible for my medical bills
on certain ailments I could contract as a
result of our participation in this gay sex. In
fact, I was betrothed to a man in Yobe who
eventually abandoned me. After that
experience I decided not to have a
permanent partner.
Who are you regular with?
Please skip that I cannot tell you. This is
because most of our clients are big men in
the society and mentioning their names will
put my life in danger. My clients are
businessmen and politicians. I don’t want to
mention their names.
Please in confidence tell me about some
of them.
Forget that. Please skip this question. If you
don’t skip that I will not talk with you again.
(Then he beckoned on the person that
facilitated the interview and said to him, go
with your friend. I can no longer discuss
with him.)
Would you not regard what you are
engaged in as ****?
(Getting angry now and frantically calling the
person that facilitated the interview)
frantically)
Tell your friend to leave me alone. What I do
is not ****. Call it whatever name you
like, it is a business as I am not here as a
prostitute. It is people like you who
embarrass and ridicule us, calling us all sorts
of names and giving this business a bad
name.
(He later calmed down and agreed to
continue with the discussion after much
pleading.)
Where are your clients?
They are from across the country but mostly
in Kano, Yobe, Maiduguri, Bauchi, Gombe
and Sokoto.
You said earlier your first client gave you
N150,000. Is that what you get paid every
time?
Each client at the local level in Yola pays
between N10,000 and N12,000 per sex
session. We don’t charge clients that are
wealthy. We don’t charge the politicians
because they are always ready to pay more
than we ordinarily would have charged. A
politician or a businessman can pay from
N150,000 to N200,000 per sex session. The
elite know what they derive from us
sexually, which is not known to us.
Do you know that government has
banned this your business? Government
has enacted a law forbidding same-sex
marriage and relationships?
I learnt so, but I am not sure.
Do you have health-related issue as a
result of this business?
I don’t know until I see a doctor. We have,
however, lost two persons who died as a
result of the gay practice.
How did they die, please tell me?
They just took ill. They had health problems
and they didn’t survive.
Are you going to stop the practice?
I actually want to stop, but I cannot stop
because I will be killed by my colleagues for
not complying with the covenant entered
into not to disclose this activity to anybody.
Probably, I have been hypnotized. I cannot
tell.
Do you have an association?
No, we don’t have here, but the elite in some
states may have association. We do not do
this business in the open, so we cannot
have an association.
Do your family members know you are
gay?
My mother got to know about what I’m
doing two years ago, but my father died 12
years ago before I started this business. It is
only my mother that knows this but I have
kept on denying. My mother was said to
have cursed me after learning about this,
but I don’t know if the curse is working on
me or not.
Do you do the act on a bed or mattress?
That is not your business.
What religion do you practice?
That is not your business, please.
How will you feel if you are caught in this
act?
I will not allow myself to be caught unless
someone reports me to Civil Defence or the
police.