HCOTN 10072016

Hephzibah's Commentary on Today's News
10/07/2016

1. Plea Bargain Drama: EFCC asks Amosu, others to plead guilty, forfeit 33 houses
Hephzibah: EFCC, is it your guilty? Lol. Seriously, I'm concerned about all these snitches in our security agencies that will leak confidential secrets (for cash?) then be asking to remain anonymous. I think plea bargaining makes sense sometimes but it's just that APC demonized it when they were spreading propaganda. To return to it is sheer hypocrisy but then I ask "Hephzibah, is it your hypocrisy? My friend, face your ice cream and keep kwayet"

2. Fresh loan: FG doles 50 billion Naira to 35 states
Hephzibah: I don't understand this Nigeria again o. Only Lagos state did not apply for a loan...I like the conditions attached to the loans, though. Still, we need to merge some states, abeg....

3. Female Redeemed preacher killed during morning evangelism
Hephzibah: Which kind of country is this that one cannot preach with megaphone without getting killed? Honestly, the megaphone preachers get on my nerves but like my people would say, "the cure for headache isn't to cut off the head na"... I pray her killers will be unmasked and made to face the consequences of their actions...

4. Oyo reopens schools Monday
Hephzibah: Well done o, Mr Governor...But you're still borrowing money...Well done sir....

5. PENGASSAN strike: Marketers stop fuel supply to East, North
Hephzibah: PEF, why na? Why are you doing like this na?

6. PDP crisis: Peace talks hit brick wall
Hephzibah: Which "position of strength" are these people talking about? You berra go and take lessons from the great Jagaban, Saraki and Atiku...None of you has any position of strength jere...

7. PDP leaders beg Ooni to forgive, help Omisore
Hephzibah: Why did Otunba Omisore too not visit Ooni? What exactly do these PDP leaders want the Ooni to do? Command EFCC to release Otunba? I like Ooni's response...Na prayer Ooni pray o that God would set Omisore free IF he had no skeleton in his cupboard on the matter...Baba, go and talk wetin you know, abeg...

8. Alleged fraud: Fayose tackles Oni for criticising Ekiti government
Hephzibah: Wait o, even this my uncle Fayose follow join state wey collect loan from FG still he's quarrelling upandan? Hmmmm

9. Father absent as son becomes Lagos 'one day gov'
Hephzibah: First of all, The Punch, why is One Day Governor in inverted commas? And why can't you write Governor in full na (there was enough space on that line...). Anyway, it's sad that ill-health robbed the dad of the joy of seeing his son take the mantle of leadership for 1 day as the 16th One Day Governor. All the same, congratulations to Olaseinde Joshua, pupil of Shasha Community Senior High School.

10. Anambra to punish couples without sickle cell test
Hephzibah: Haba! E don reach like that...Abeg, make una calm down na...Bet why?

I'll need to do Part 2 (today) and run a commentary on Business news tomorrow. Sorry for my long silence. I hope you're still praying for Nigeria...

May God bless the Federal Republic of Nigeria