Obaseki, Oshiomhole’s men at war over attack on convoy

IMage: AIDES of Governor Godwin Obaseki and Comrade Adams Oshiomhole engaged in war of words yesterday as security operatives foiled an attack on Obaseki’s convoy in Etsako West Local Government Area of Edo State. A statement by Obaseki’s Special Adviser on Media and Communication Strategy, Crusoe Osagie said the incident occurred in Ward 10, Apana, where Oshiomhole hails from and that the thugs who he said were allegedly hired thugs were reportedly dislodged by a combined team of security personnel and vigilante groups, who repelled their gunshots. He said the state Deputy Governor, Comrade Philip Shaibu, gave them a hot chase. However, an aide to Oshiomhole, Victor Oshioke, who hails from Apana, debunked the allegations saying the said gunmen were sponsored by Shaibu and that the vehicle they used was in the convoy of the governor. Osagie said the pandemonium caused by the gunshots and the hurling of stones stalled the governor’s convoy temporarily before the Ward-to-Ward campaign train berthed at Adams Oshiomhole’s corridor at Apana Market Square in Ward 10. Addressing members of PDP and supporters at Apana Village Square, Obaseki recalled several alleged attempts to scuttle his re-election efforts through violent means. He said: “As we were coming here (Village Square in Apana), you heard what happened. They went to hire thugs and began to shoot to prevent us from coming here. On September 19, 2020, use your Permanent Voter Card (PVC) to ‘pepper them’. “Ward 10 is a special ward. This election is special. It will show who is in charge of politics in Edo State. Oshioke told Vanguard on phone, last night: “The attackers were actually in the governor’s convoy, they drove ahead of the governor’s convoy from Ayoguiri and when they got to the village they started by destroying the bill boards I mounted , the one mounted by Chief Lucky James, that of Nick Sedi and that of Jerome Adegboyega. Then they started shooting around, people ran away into the bushes and the governor ended up addressing members of his entourage because the villagers ran away. They destroyed a vehicle belonging to Wilson Idaewor. People have just started coming back to the community and we are going to make a formal complaint to the police. We ensured that our people did not retaliate so that it will not be reported that Obaseki was attacked in Oshiomhole’s ward, which we know was their intention.” INEC to deploy 20,000 ad-hoc staff Meanwhile, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, yesterday, said it would deploy no fewer than 20,000 ad-hoc staff for the conduct of the September 19 governorship poll in Edo State. Prof. Bolade Eyinla, the Technical Advisor to INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, said this during a virtual meeting with journalists in Edo organised by the International Press Council, IPC, on the role of journalists in Edo election. Eyinla said the recruitment of the 20, 000 ad-hoc staff would be done through INEC’s portal which he said had been opened. He said that National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, members serving in Edo would constitute a larger percentage of the number, adding that the rest would be selected from the INEC ad-hoc recruitment portal. “The youth corps members will constitute the larger percentage because they will be deployed mostly as presiding officers. The online recruitment is essentially to create a data base of election workers toward the conduct of election. “Also ongoing is the training of all security personnel to be deployed for the election. INEC has also come up with a code of conduct and rules of engagement for the security agencies. “The code of conduct and rules of engagement will be distributed to all the security personnel deployed for the election to guide them properly.” Eyinla added that the commission had designed an election policy within the context of the conduct of election in a pandemic. “We are aware that as at today, Edo has 2,399 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and recorded a total of 100 deaths. “So with these statistics from the NCDC, INEC has come up with a policy book with strict adherence to COVID-19 preventive measures and guidelines on the election so that everyone including the media can be guided. “The number of registered voters in Edo remains 2, 210,534, the number of PVCs collected is 1,735,910, while the number of uncollected PVCs is 483,868. “The uncollected PVCs have been deposited with the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, for safe keeping so that nobody can have access to them. “INEC is going to be conducting elections in 2, 627 polling units in 192 wards in Edo,” he said.

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Former Senate President Anyim accused of destroying farmland in Ebonyi

A former president of the Nigerian Senate, Chief Anyim Pius Anyim, has been accused of destroying a commercial farmland at Amagu, Ishiagu in Ivo Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, Nigeria.

The land is said to belong to one Mr. Moses Orji whose lawyer, Barr. Ogbonna Paul Arochukwu, claimed in a press statement forwarded to P.M.NEWS that between January 21 and 24, “a bulldozer working at behest of Mr. Chinedu Makwe and Mr. Livinus Uka (both of whom claim to represent Chief Anyim Pius Anyim and the Amagu Development Union in Ishiagu, Ivo Local Government Area, Ebonyi State)” forcefully entered into the farm and destroyed farm houses, palm trees, crops including yams and cassava, as well as farm lands.

Orji’s farm destroyed by bulldozer allegedly hired by agents of former senate president Anyim Pius Anyim

He accused Chief Anyim of earlier dropping the hint of his intention to hijack Orji’s farmland at a meeting held by Amagu Development Union on 31st December 2019 when, according to him, Anyim announced a plan to turn the location into a modern residential city.

“In order to make way for the proposed city, the Amagu Development Union and its Land committee Members who are apparently taking directives from Chief Anyim, got a bulldozer to destroy Mr Moses Orji’s farm. Lands close to Mr Moses Orji’s farm were also destroyed”, Arochukwu said in the statement.

He also accused the police of handling the matter with kid-glove.

“Given the behavior of the Police, we strongly believe that the Police is protecting persons who are destroying Mr. Moses Orji’s farm. At this time, the Divisional Police Post at Ishiagu, Ivo LGA, headed by Mr. Nwornu Daniel C. (DPO) has refused to arrest the persons destroying Sir Moses Orji’s farm on the grounds that the Police does not interfere in land matters. We however believe that what is taking place is a malicious criminal damage to property which is an offence under Nigerian criminal laws.” The statement read.

Telephone calls made to the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of Ivo Divisional Police Post, Mr. Nwornu Daniel, between 12:23 and 12:24pm on Saturday yielded no information as the communication network from his end seemed very bad, while calls to the DCO rang out.



Determined to get the police’s side of the story, this reporter put a call through to the control room of the police post.

Inspector Bassey Samuel, who picked the call confirmed the matter and informed that the case was being handled by the DPO.

He also informed that the DPO had advised the victim’s lawyer, Barr. Arochukwu to approach the court for an injunction.

When contacted on phone, Chairman of Amagu Land Committee, Mr. Chinedu Nicolas Makwe, said the matter was already before the court in Ebonyi, so he would not comment further as, according to him, doing so would be prejudicial.

He, however, informed that parties to the dispute are billed to appear before the court on Tuesday 28 January.

The 76-year old victim, Mr. Moses Orji, who spoke in an emotion laden voice told P.M.NEWS that all he labored for over the years had been put to ruins.

“My son, the destruction is beyond imagination. My yam and cassava plantations got totally destroyed with the soil upturned and tubers of yam and cassava mangled by the bulldozer. Everything I had on the farmland, including palm trees, houses and other cash crops got completely destroyed”, he sobbed.

Efforts to reach the former Senate President, Chief Anyim, for comment proved abortive as calls to his mobile line went unanswered.

Credit: PMNEWSHNIGERIA

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Almajiri: We cannot continue to have street urchins, children roaming around – FG

—Banditry now treat to national security–NSS
—Says $1bn Approved Excess Crude Account was for military only
—As IGP says security situation has stabilized

By Johnbosco Agbakwuru

ABUJA – THE National Security Adviser, Babagana Monguno yesterday said that the Federal Government will proscribed the Almajiri system and other groups that have become a problem to the society.

Almajiri schools in the North


This is as the Inspector General of Police, IGP, Mohammed Adamu has said that the security situation in the country has stabilized. Briefing State House Correspondents after the National Economic Council, NEC, meeting presided over by Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, the NSA said that the $1 billion approved in 2017 by NEC from the Excess Crude Account for security was earmarked for the military. Though, Chairman of the Nigeria Governors, NGF and Governor of Ekiti State, Dr. Kayode Fayemi had while briefing journalists earlier this month said that the $1 billion, which even raised dust among the governors had been expended.


However, the NSA said the $1billion was earmarked for the military and that he was not aware whether the money had been released spent on security. Monguno said that he briefed the NEC on several issues relating to security in the country and that the Council was on the virge of releasing a blueprint over the myriads of security problems. He said, “I briefed NEC on several issues relating to security situation in the north east particularly the activities of Boko Haram which continues to remain very fragile. It is still a problem that needs to be readdressed with collective effort of both intelligence and operations.

“In the meantime, troubles of the multinational task force has been conducting offensive operations against these elements in the Lake Chad Area especially the Islamic State West Africa Province, whose activities have now stretched all the way down into the Lake Chad Area. “Also I briefed council on the activities of armed bandits and elements who have gradually entrenched themselves in the landscape. I also told council that the activities of this armed bandits was gradually replacing terrorism, which was the primary security threats. “Now, the bandits in the northwest have become major threats to national security. Of course in recent weeks the Nigerian Police Force has made a lot of gains in dealing with these criminals.

“I also briefed council on the activities of Herdsmen/farmers. Their activities are limited to 16 states so far, but council is working on the blueprint, it is on the verge of releasing these blueprint to solve these problems. It is a complex problem but it is about to be resolved within the council. “I briefed council also on the menace of pipeline vandalism, illegal oil refineries and piracy. In recent month, we are able to destroy 373 illegal refineries and curtailed the activities of pirates. ”

This situation in the Niger Delta is also affecting security in the Gulf of Guinea and we have been collaborating with the secretariat in Rwanda to work to reduce the activities of these people. “So basically we need just domestic but international effort to deal with this situation. The federal government has invested much in setting up maritime domain monitoring facilities and hopefully in the next couple of months we should be able to set up all these structures to reduce the activities of these people.

“I also briefed council on the drivers of insecurity which are unemployment, under-employment, poverty, drugs abuse, rising population. “I also made suggestions regarding the way forward which include, employment creation and reduction of poverty, and being the culture of impunity and looking at stabilizing certain areas of the country by giving rise to affordable education.

“This is very important because in most parts of the country we have a lot of children roaming around without any formal education. And as the president has mentioned earlier when he was inaugurating the national economic council, we need to make education compulsory and free for every child in the country because the problem we face today are rooted in the fact that a lot of people who have been denied the opportunity basically the opportunity to get formal education end up over the years.

“There is accumulation of large mass of human beings who end up becoming criminals, drug addicts and so on and so forth. And they end up becoming tools to be used by elements in the wider society who have very dangerous intentions. Minimum wage: FG to review revenue sharing formula(Opens in a new browser tab) “And therefore, it is very important to proscribed certain groups ultimately running around under the guise of maybe getting some kind of education that is not really formal and then begin to cause a lot of problems for society.

“Finally, I also emphasized to council the need to conduct police reforms. The police is the lead agency in dealing with any internal security problems. Any domestic issues should actually be vested with the Nigeria police force. Dangote Refinery: Raising bar in host community development(Opens in a new browser tab) “Fortunately the IG is doing a fantastic job especially looking at the issue of community policing. Basically the society in today’s contest the issue of insecurity are not the traditional issues we know in the last century, those issues that were cut and dried and we could easily deal with these issues.

“Today, it is too complex to allow one organ of government to deal with these issues. Today, we need a whole of government, a whole of society approach right down to the lowest level in which individuals at local level are able to interface with the police and give them intelligence because dealing with asymmetric situation requires first and foremost human intelligence used to support technical intelligence so that these issues can be combated.”

The IGP, Adamu said in terms of general security, situation in the country had stabilized. He also disclosed that NEC has approved the setting up of Security and Policing Committee with the governors of Ekiti, Bayelsa, Ebonyi, Katsina, Ogun and Borno as members. Other members of the committee he said were the NSA, IGP and Chief of Defence Staff.

I don’t know where the $1bn for security is — NSA The NSA who coordinates the nation’s security architecture, said the money was meant for the military alone, but not aware if it had been so released.

“The $1billion I believe that you are talking about was actually earmarked for the military, not for security agencies, like the intelligence community and the paramilitary agencies.

“It was earmarked for the military. As much as I know, whether it was given to them, I really don’t know”,

The NSA speaking on Almajiri said, “The group I spoke about on illiteracy is the Almajeri. Ultimately, the government will have to proscribe this Almajeri phenomena, because we cannot continue to have street urchins, children roaming around, only for them in a couple of years, or decades to become a problem to society.

“We are not saying that they are going to be contained in a manner, that you might think we want to do something that is harmful to them, no. What we want to do is to work with the state government to enforce the policy of education for every child.

” It is every child’s right, his entitlement so long as he is a Nigerian. If you recall what happened in the Western region, I think in the fifties and the sixties, when the Premier made education free and compulsory at both primary and secondary levels.

“This is what we are looking at. Let me tell you something, one of the element of national power is the population of a country. You don’t just rely on your armed forces, the location and so on and so forth. Population is a very critical element of national power. It is from the population that you get a critical mass.

“Imagine the child that was ten years old on 27th July, 2009, in 37 days time, it will be exactly … year when Boko Haram erupted. We are not talking of one child, there are millions of them. “So, when we look at population, as an element of National security, don’t be surprised if out of every 100 almajeri, you have two neurologists, four architects, two lawyers, and so on and so forth.

” If you don’t start thinking short and long term, to overcome this problem, like I told you earlier on, to overcome this problem, you require collective efforts. You can’t carry this load and drop it on top of the government, even government should not work as a one legged tripod, it has to be three legged. “We have to deal with the issue of these children, almajeri, regardless of how people feel about it. We must work in sync with the rest of international communities, how many countries that operate this kind of system.

“Let be very, very sincere to ourselves, we have to look at this issue that we have been sweeping under the carpet. So, when I briefed the NEC, I alerted them on the dangers of this phenomenon and the President in inaugurating NEC also stressed that we must make education free and compulsory. We are not trying to denigrate any group of people.”

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Lagos Govt demolishes Agboju Market in Festac for being too rough

Some traders affected by the ongoing demolition of Agboju Market in Festac Town, Lagos, have blamed market leaders for “insincerity” over the exercise. Bulldozers moved in on Friday and began pulling down the structures in the market just as the traders started displaying their goods for sale. Some of the affected traders said the issue of the demolition had been ongoing between the state government and the traders. They, however, expressed shock over the exercise which occurred before the seven- day quit notice issued them expired. Mr. Uzo Thomas, trader, said they assumed the demolition would be done on Monday after the notice elapsed on Sunday. “To our surprise, Friday morning, we were displaying our goods, we just started hearing, ‘pack, pack,’ we thought it was a joke. “Before we knew it, bulldozers started bringing everything down,” he said. Also, Mrs Anulika Chukwu, trader, said last Thursday, officials of Amuwo Odofin Local Government came to warn the traders not to sell on the walk ways, which they complied with. “If we had known beforehand, I wouldn’t have spent the money I had yesterday buying goods for sale,” she lamented. However, some other traders said that the land where the market was situated was a buffer zone, with pipelines running underneath and electric cables overhead. Mr Olawale Ashakaba, trader, said: “This is a Federal Government property, there are pipelines running under here. “I believe there’s something our leaders are not telling us,” he said. Another trader, Mrs Blessing Ogomchi, said: “Nobody knows exactly what is going on or what is going to happen. “The leaders haven’t even called a meeting to tell traders what is going on. “If indeed there’s going to be a new market, how long will it take to be completed; how many months or years?” The Iyaloja General of Amuwo Market, Mrs Osinatu Adebayo, refuted the allegations, saying there was no foul play. “No. No, it’s not true. “The problem is that the market is too rough and the state government called us to say they want to rebuild it to a modern market. “They would have finished building it but we’ve been delaying and begging for more time, ‘please allow us to sell for Christmas’ or ‘please let us sell for Easter’. According to her, buying and selling will continue as usual, once the site has been cleared.

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2019: Buhari Campaign Organisation to embark on ward-to-ward mobilisation

The Buhari Campaign Organisation and Empowerment (BCO) in Bayelsa says plan is underway to embark on ward-to-ward mobilisation for the Presidential Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Muhammadu Buhari, ahead of the 2019 general elections.

Mr Ezekiel Ogbianko, Bayelsa Liaison Officer of BCO, said on Tuesday in Yenagoa that over 20, 000 committed persons have so far been registered as members to promote the good governance of the APC led administration.

On the inauguration of the Rivers-Bayelsa Liaison Office of BCO on Nov. 14, in Port Harcourt, Ogbianko said the event was a welcome development and called for more support for President Buhari. Ogbianko, who is also the Chairman, Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria (RIFAN) in Bayelsa, said the support for Buhari was necessary due to his numerous achievements not only in the area of agriculture but in all sectors.

“The Anchor Borrower Programme is one of them and every farmer across the country has benefitted from it; we must support President Buhari to finish his good work. “The BCO in Bayelsa is committed and we are going to embark on ward-to-ward mobilisation to preach the gospel of Buhari, the APC Presidential Candidate for 2019 elections. “We have found it necessary that it is good to allow the present government to complete what they have started.

“Especially in the fight against corruption, infrastructure development, youth empowerment and job creation through agriculture, among others. “What we want in this county is only good governance and not looters; we need sustainable development in all sectors for the good of the nation. It is high time we stop the primitive methods of election of violence and killings. According to him, politicians must play by the rules of the game and must know that the country, Nigeria has come of age. “We must say no to political violence, tribalism and selfish interest which remain the primitive ways of politics.

He, however, advised the youth to desist from thuggery by not allowing themselves to be used as instruments of disorder during and after elections. “We must learn how to support peaceful campaign and elections,’’ Ogbianko stressed. (NAN)

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If I were Nigerian, I would vote for Atiku Abubakar – Ex-Ugandan VP

Former Vice President of Uganda, from 2003-2011, Dr. Gilbert Bukenya, has said that if he were a Nigerian, that he would vote for the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate in the forthcoming elections, Atiku Abubakar.

Dr. Bukenya who has served as the Dean of the Faculty of Medicine at Makrere also said that he would vote for Atiku Abubakar without hesitation or reservation because, “on an individual basis, he is unequivocally the best candidate.” According to the former Ugandan Vice President, Abubakar is so passionate about the common good of the ordinary Nigerian that he never ceases to say “my people.” Dr. Bukenya said he was left with so much to contemplate, during his encounter with Abubakar, that he never stopped thinking of how Nigerians are so lucky having the person of Atiku Abubakar as a Nigerian. He said when he heard Abubakar had joined the presidential race, he immediately thought,

“what an extraordinary opportunity Nigerians have.” Below is his statement: “I have rubbed shoulders with several African Presidents and Vice-Presidents. I have participated in many conversations with these men – both formally and informally. Some of these conversations have attracted attention and many have been amusing – but very few have included intellectual and analytical discussions of substantive issues. Seldom in these conversations does one hear about the conditions and needs of the country’s poor. In 2005, I met a man at his residence in Abuja, Nigeria, who surprised me. He welcomed me with a guarded smile and went straight to business. He was smart, eloquent and very knowledgeable. I was struck by his consistent reference to “my people.” He was so concerned about the poor. He discussed impacts of educational injustices and weakened agricultural practices in Nigeria. Our conversation ended and we parted. While I left him with some traditional Ugandan gifts, he left me with much to contemplate. This Nigerian “big man” had sounded so earnest and completely devoted to “his people”.

Surely, I was surprised and he has left a lasting impression. We have remained friends over the years and I have observed his business and political dealings over time. I have noted the tremendous value that this man, Atiku Abubakar, has contributed to Nigeria’s development. He has been a philanthropic leader and a determined and passionate advocate for improving the national educational system. I heard recently with great pleasure that he is running for the Presidency in the upcoming Presidential elections.

I immediately thought, “what an extraordinary opportunity Nigerians have to elect Atiku as president of Nigeria.” If I were Nigerian, I would vote for Atiku Abubakar without hesitation or reservation. On an individual basis, he is unequivocally the best candidate.”

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Second Class Chief kidnapped in Plateau

Jos – The Second Class Chief in Shendam local government area of Plateau State, the Long Dorok, HRH David Dongbam has been kidnapped, the State Police Command confirmed.

The monarch was said to have been abducted from his home by yet to be known people.

The are no details about the incident yet but the Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Mathias Tyopev said, “On the 19/11/2018 at about 10pm, the Plateau State Police Command, Jos received an information that unknown gunmen stormed the residence of the Long Dorok HRH Engr. David Isah Dongbam, the Second Class Chief of Dorok Kingdom of Shendam Local Government Area and kidnapped him to unknown destination.

“After the receipt of the information, the Command immediately formed a search and rescue team which is working assiduously to rescue the Paramount Ruler unhurt. The Command shall update members of the public as soon as new information crops in please.”

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Nigeria replaces Togo as chairman ECOWAS group at UN

Nigeria has replaced the Republic of Togo as chairman of the 15-nation sub-regional group, Economic Community of West African States’ (ECOWAS), at the United Nations.

The Permanent Representative of Nigeria to the UN, Amb. Tijjani Bande, took over from his Togolese counterpart, Amb. FrancK Kpayedo at the sub-regional group’s meeting in New York.

Bande said Nigeria had always worked with other member-states of the group as brothers, including agreements on candidatures at the UN without conflicts. He noted that on July 28 at Lome, President Muhammadu Buhari was elected chairman of ECOWAS, recalling Buhari was very thankful to his colleagues who urged him to take the lead for this year. “Nigeria wants to make sure that we continue to work for the stability and general wellbeing of the sub-region and the region, and as much as possible, we should speak with one voice.

“We should also speak with one voice outside the continent because West Africa works collaboratively with all other sub-regions on the continent. “Nigeria will do the best it can to strengthen the bonds of friendship within the region and do the work we are here to do at this very important platform in a better way and with more assured results for the benefit of all.

“The West African sub-region has seen better coordination than most sub-regions that operate here at the UN. “We have dealt, like at the ECOWAS Commission back home, with matters, particularly to do with stability of the region to the satisfaction of all, even for difficult situations.” Bande pledged that Nigeria would continue to do all it could to help coordinate the Group’s work adding, throughout its tenure, the country would provide leadership on all issues.

Speaking with NAN, the Nigerian envoy said it was a standard practice that ambassadors at the UN would chair the Group just as their heads of state. According to him, since Buhari is chairing the ECOWAS heads of state, it follows that Nigeria at the UN should chair the group also. “The basic issue is simply to consult with our colleagues from the sub-region to see how the agenda of ECOWAS can be brought and made alive at the UN. “Our issues are peace and security, development, technology, agriculture, and speaking also in line with African region because ECOWAS coordinates what we do but we also work very well with the African Group here.

“President Buhari’s discussion when he took over in Lome, was the same thing we have been discussing, whether as it relates to Guinea or whatever country. “As soon as there is an understanding within ECOWAS, we take it here at the UN as part of what we should also push forward; we have a very strong group of ambassadors here.

“They (ECOWAS ambassadors) are very clear and they are also very strong within the UN’s various platforms, pushing our issues in terms of our priorities; this is what we intend to do as Buhari is also doing at the level of heads of state.” The ambassador of Togo, Kpayedo, thanked his colleagues for their support during his one-year tenure, and pledged support to Bande to succeed. The ECOWAS Permanent Observer to the UN, Mr Kone Tanou, congratulated Kpayedo on a successful tenure and commended the ambassadors for their trust in Nigeria’s envoy to lead the Group.

“In few years of service in New York, you have shown great interest on multilateral diplomacy by investing yourself in preventive diplomacy, conflict prevention, peacebuilding and mediation,” Tanou said of Bande. Amb. Mariame Fofana, Deputy Permanent Representative of Burkina Faso to the UN, commended Togo for its coordination of the group, and congratulated Nigeria for assuming the Group’s head, pledging her country’s support. The representative of the Permanent Mission of Ghana, Solomon Korbieh, said

“Nigeria is the pre-eminent power house in the sub-region”, adding in chairing the Group, “Nigeria will make us proud and also carry Africa’s light forward”. (NAN)

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I am a member of any political party that put food on the tables – CS Solomon Alao

The Supreme Head, Cherubim & Seraphim Unification of Nigeria, His Most Eminence, Prophet, Dr. Solomon Alao, has said that he is a member of any political party that can give Nigerians security that can put food on the tables of all Nigerians.

Baba Olori, as he was fondly called made at the Faith Mission Cherubim and Seraphim Unification Church of Nigeria 2018 Adult Anniversary Thanksgiving Service in Satellite Town Lagos.


While charging the congregation to take their future into their hands ahead of the 2019 General Election, he urged Nigerians to vote their conscience and calls for the restructuring of Nigeria. In the words, “We need to restructure this country in order to have peace, a union that is forged under falsehood cannot last.

“I am a member of any political party that can give Nigerians security that can put food on the tables of all Nigerians,” he said.

It was a coming together of notable names from the Business, Political, Religious, Traditional rulers and the entertainment sector of the country under one roof as Notable personalities from the political, business and the clergy were part of the great 2018 Adult Harvest and Thanksgiving Ceremony lead Her Eminence Prophet Dr. Marian Adeleye Akinjogunla, the President and Founder of the church.. Some of them were Hon. Ibrahim Obanikoro, Mrs. Folashade Wright, Idowu Phillips a.k.a Iya Rainbow, Iyaloja General Mrs. Folashade Tinubu-Ojo. In her welcome address, Dr. Akinjogunla said : “It is indeed my pleasure to happily welcome you all to our 30th Anniversary Harvest Thanksgiving service which is a precursor to our hosting of the Annual General Conference 2019.

“Our Thanksgiving service which holds every 3rd week in November epitomizes Faith Mission C&S Church adherence of tradition and obedience to our affiliation to the praying band,” she said. She expressed her profound gratitude to everyone who made the anniversary a success and reserved special praise for her daughter and Deputy Primate, Dr. Oluwaseye ‘Yomi-Sholoye for her tireless efforts at making the event a success. “I want to thank my children who through Dr. Yomi-Sholoye have been of tremendous assistance to the cause of our dear church, their tireless efforts and sacrifice is the result of what we are seeing today.

“Many thanks also go to the 2018 Harvest Committee and the chairman. Special Apostle Isaac Adegbenro and Vice Chairperson Snr Apostle Mother Adegbenro for graciously deciding to lead in this capacity,” she espoused. She also used the occasion to thank the management of the wing of the women of Faith Mission C&S Church for living up to their billing and for being magnificent. “Internally, the Youth Fellowship, the Good Women Council, the Bands as well as our ever-increasing parishes have met their 2018 objectives. “The elders in Council under the leadership and guidance of our Baba Alakoso, His Grace Akindele Afinjuomo who have been tremendous in giving full support to us,” she added. The glorious thanksgiving ceremony led by Senior Apostle C. Agbewhe started with a Processional Hymn while a beautiful choir introit took place immediately after. A star-studded line-up of Gospel Musical Artistes led by Evangelist Biyi Samuel, the Igi Aruwe crooner, were on hand to treat the congregation to spirit-filled gospel music.

In his sermon and the preacher His Grace Dr. S.A.O Adeoye of the Progressive International C&S Church treated the theme judiciously as he took the congregation on a Spirit-filled journey into the word of God.

In a bid to appreciate the preacher, Deputy Primate, on behalf of the church, presented a special gift to the preacher saying, “We want to appreciate our preacher in our own little way, we say a very big thank you Sir and may the good Lord continue to uphold him,” she prayed. The highpoint of the event was the thanksgiving ceremony as invited guests of honor all filed out one after the other to honor God with their substance.

It was such a glorious occasion as it became a melting point for all the invited guests who came from different walks of life to celebrate with the prominent woman of God; Top politicians, Business Executives, Religious leaders from both Christianity and the Islamic divide, entertainers and traditional rulers all came together putting aside their religious and political affiliations for one cause to celebrate with Dr. Akinjogunla and Dr. Yomi-Sholoye.

It was a befitting climax to a glorious ceremony and the icing on the cake was the announcement that the 2019 Annual General Conference which will be hosted by Faith Mission between January 31st and February 2nd, 2019 will be held at Golden Tulip Hotels, Festac which promises to have all trappings of civilized atmosphere for decision making and celebrations.

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DSS invitation: Clear your name before campaigning for APC, Frank fires Oshiomhole Read more

Immidiate past Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Comrade Timi Frank, has asked the National Chairman of the party, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole to clear his name in the reported allegation of bribery and corruption during the party’s primary election.

Frank said until proper investigation and clearance is given to Comrade Oshiomhole, it will amount to immorality for him to criticize the opposition party and its presidential candidate Alhaji Atiku Abubakar’s policy documents.

The former APC chieftain was reacting in a statement on Tuesday to a comment credited to Oshiomhole where he said Atiku’s policy document, especially on the issue of creating jobs can not be trusted.

According to Frank, it is shameful for APC National Chairman to start talking while Nigerians are still waiting for the outcome of his quizzing by the Director of State Security Service (DSS). While querying Oshimhole’s integrity in public service, Frank said the APC National Chairman should be worried that his National Working Committee (NWC) colleagues and some prominent chieftains of his party, even from his own state and zone, were calling for his resignation. The Bayelsa born political activist, however revealed that Adams Oshiomhole’s current saga will be a major campaign issue as the country move towards the 2019 general elections unless the party relieves him of his office or make public the outcome of his interrogation by the DSS.

In his opinion, Frank said: “President Muhammadu Buhari’s claim of fighting corruption has now been defeated by the singular act of allowing the likes of Oshiomhole and other alleged corrupt politicians around him. “As it is now, Comrade Oshimhole does not have moral right to castigate anybody. His comments on Atiku’s policy documents and his adamant that Senate President Bukola Saraki should resign as Chairman of National Assembly is diversionary because Nigerians will not forget his ordeal in the hands of DSS.

APC National Chairman, Adams Oshiomhole



“So, my advice for the former Labour leader is to look at himself in the mirror before making any comment during this campaign because he who must go to the equity must be there with a clean hand.

“Though, it is obvious that Saraki has become a nightmare to Oshiomhole and the earlier he realizes this the better for him. So, Oshiomhole should know that Nigerians and international community are waiting to hear the verdict of the ruling party on him.”

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Abuja – Sen. Ali Ndume has said that the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Atiku Abubakar, will be a walk-over for President Muhammadu Buhari in the 2019 general elections.

Ndume, Chairman, Senate Committee on Establishment and Public Service in Abuja. He said the All Progressives Congress(APC)) was not perturbed by Atiku’s emergence, adding that he was not a threat to the party in any way.

According to him, the records are there for Nigerians to judge. “Next election is a walk-over with Atiku.

“We were anxious when PDP was to organise their primaries but when Atiku emerged, we were glad for so many reasons.

“Atiku was our Vice President for eight years and he was one of the most powerful vice presidents we ever had and we know what he did.

“He was under former President Obasanjo and in his book “Under My Watch”, he voluntarily described who the Presidential candidate is.

“We all know where we were and where we are now. Had it been they are presenting a new person, someone that Nigerians do not know, that may have been a threat but with Atiku, no way. “Let us analyse it. North West is where the president comes from and we are banking on our highest votes there and if you go to any part of the North West, you will realise that his popularity is unprecedented.

“Then if you go to North East, Buhari is a moral obligation,” he said. He expressed disappointment that Atiku, in spite of coming from the North East, there was no record of him sending relief materials to people displaced by Boko Haram.

“We have to vote for him (Buhari) because we know where we were with the government of PDP in my state, including my local government, my town and even my house were taken over by Boko Haram.

“It was the government of President Muhammadu Buhari that salvaged the situation and now my people are back to our local government.


“Those that are trying to take over from him or compete with him were there before.

“Atiku was the vice president and one of the richest Nigerians ever, but I cannot remember Atiku taking even a bag of rice to our people that are suffering in Borno and he wants to be our president.

“For me, this election is between Nigerians and the Nigerian corrupt.

“Atiku’s background is known. All the show of money from him, Saraki and others is what they got from politics, people’s money,” he said. On fears that election campaign might be marred by violence, Ndume said APC would not be part of such. He added that President Muhammadu Buhari as well as the National Chairman of the party had admonished party faithful to shun violence, name calling but to focus on issues.

“Yesterday (Sunday) when the `Next Level’ was launched by our presidential candidate and the president of the country, he specifically said we should go on with the campaign decently. “That means no name calling, no insult, but concentrate on issues and during our convention, our chairman clearly stated that our campaign is going to be different.

“This is the first time APC government is campaigning for the second tenure so we want to campaign on issues and ideas.

“We do not want to campaign on personalities and we do not want to be involved in name calling as PDP is desperately trying to do.

“We will not join issues with them. They can only fight themselves,” he said. The lawmaker warned Nigerians against voting PDP, saying it had nothing to offer. He said “PDP is not new to Nigerians. They have a product that is known to Nigerians, a product that Nigerians rejected four years ago for obvious reasons.

“Now we have a candidate that the marketer of that product had rejected. “We know what they did and as I said, we have been cautioned not to campaign on persons but then you have to speak the truth.” (NAN)

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The man in Aso Rock is Jubril of Sudan not Buhari – Nnamdi Kanu Reveals ( SEE PHOTOS)

The Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu has alleged that the person in Aso rock is Mal. Jubril of Saudi Arabia not president Mohammadu Buhari.
Kanu said that the whole world knew that the real Buhari has long been dead and buried in Saudi Arabia but only Nigerians did not know.
The separatist also said that it is only a country populated by Sub-humans would fail to recognise that the man is Aso Rock is Jubril not Buhari.
The IPOB leader disclosed this in his twitter page.
He said “Only a country populated by sub-humans will fail to recognise that Jubril is not Buhari.
“How come every government and intelligence agency in the world knows Buhari is dead but not Nigerians? The difference is clear! Kanu noted.

“Look at his hands, shrunk & shrivelled (late Buhari) now compare to hand on 2nd pic. of younger (Jubril) the fake Buhari in Aso Rock.

He added that “How can any right thinking person believe these two contrasting individuals is the same person. I weep for Africa.


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Only a country populated by sub-humans will fail to recognise that Jubril is not Buhari. How come every government and intelligence agency in the world knows Buhari is dead but not Nigerians? The difference is clear!

EXPOSING THE IMPOSTOR! Look at his hands, shrunk & shrivelled (late Buhari) now compare to hand on 2nd pic. of younger (Jubril) the fake Buhari in Aso Rock. How can any right thinking person believe these two contrasting individuals is the same person. I weep for Africa.

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God's Solution to Fear and Anxiety

How to face our fear and anxiety is clearly laid out in scripture.

Written by Gary Fleetwood on 16/10/2018
Series: Weekly Devotional
Tags: Anxiety, Fear, Worry
Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

Philippians 4:6-7
Everyone has fears, everyone becomes anxious, and everyone experiences very stressful moments in their life. Just because someone is a Christian does not exempt them from the stressful events or from the effects that fear and anxiety can produce in their life. For instance, medical science has been saying for a long time that stress, fear, and anxiety are very harmful to the body because they destroy a person’s immune system. So, the more that someone worries about things that they often cannot change, the greater will be the negative effects on their life. Stressful events are more than able to take a person’s focus off of God and to place it on their difficult circumstances. So, what we want to do is to see what God’s Word says about how a believer can actually win their battle over fear and anxiety.

What does it really mean to be “anxious”?
The word “anxious” means to become troubled, unsettled, and deeply concerned about something. It means to constantly be worrying about something that most of the time that we cannot change. It refers to the person who seems to worry about everything. Something happens in their life and they begin to worry about it so much that it consumes their thought life. They cannot rest for worrying about something. It affects their sleep and their eating, and the fear of something negative that may happen begins to control their life.

Several years ago my oldest son was working in a very dangerous part of the world. He had to travel every day on what was considered at that time as the most dangerous 10 miles of road in the world. Obviously, it was something that made our family very anxious. However, it was during that time that God began to teach me about Philippians 4:6-7 and it became one of my two life verses. What I learned was how to handle that which made me anxious.

So, what is God’s solution to fear and anxiety in our life?
God’s solution is simple. It is to bring our concerns to Him in prayer and He will provide His peace in our life – which He did for me about my son’s daily safety. These verses do not say that God will change our difficult and stressful circumstances, but rather that God will provide an inner and supernatural peace that will “guard” and protect our heart and mind so that our difficult circumstances will no longer consume our life. Rather than always being anxious about my son’s safety, I simply began to pray each morning for God to protect him. Rather than worrying about something that I could not change or control, I began committing my son into God’s care each day. Once that happened, God’s supernatural peace began to deeply influence my heart and mind and helped me to rest in His control over all things.

What does it mean to “guard” our heart and mind?
The word “guard” means to keep someone safe with a military guard. Everywhere that the President of the United States goes, he always has people guarding him. That is the idea with the word “guard”. It is knowing that God will always protect the believer’s heart and mind so that worrying and being afraid will not consume their life. Some people seem to worry about everything in life. Almost anything can make them anxious, and as soon as something goes wrong, they begin to worry. What that anxiety does is to immediately take their heart and mind off of God. In reality, God is always the believer’s solution to anxiety and fear. Jesus provided a great encouragement in Matthew 6:25-26:

“Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they?

So, what God does when the believer comes to Him in prayer is to “guard” their heart, protect their heart, and shield their heart from things that He knows can hurt them. He is always wanting us to trust Him in every difficult circumstance of our life.

Can fear or anxiety be a good thing?
It is important to understand that some level of fear and anxiety often can be a good thing because it forces us to be more careful and to be much more cautious. I love to work with wood and have been making things for over 40 years. Several years ago I was working next to a wood machine, my hand too close to it and part of my thumb was cut off. Today, I am so respectful of that saw that I will never make that same mistake again. In fact, I have made a guard and I use it every time I have to use the wood machine. So, in my case, having a healthy fear is a very good thing. It is the fear of what the saw can do to me that actually keeps me safe. So, what we want to see in this series is how God actually uses the things that make us afraid as His supernatural tools to strengthen our life to trust Him in every circumstance of our life. Coming to God in the midst of troubling and stressful situations is always God’s solution to fear and anxiety.

Pray this week:
Father, will you please help me to see how you are able to use the stressful moments of my life to draw me closer into your supernatural peace?

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