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E2%80%99-buni-led-committee-releases-dates-ward-lga-state Nigeria’s All Progressives Congress’ Buni-led Committee Releases Dates For Ward, LGA, State Conventions
Mai Mala Buni
Nigeria’s ruling All Progressives Congress-led Governor Mai Mala Buni-led Caretaker Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) has released the timetable/schedule of activities for the conduct of congresses across Wards, Local Government Areas (LGAs), and States of the Federation to elect new party officials.
This is contained in an official notice signed and issued by the party’s Director of Organisation, Prof. Al-Mustapha, Ussiju Medaner.
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“Purchase of Forms for Ward Congresses: 1st – 7th July 2021. Inauguration of Ward/LGA Congresses Screening /Screening Appeals Committee: 10th July, 2021.
“Screening of Aspirants for the Ward Party positions: 12th July – 16th July, 2021. Inauguration of Ward/LGA Congresses /Congresses Appeals Committee: 19th July, 2021.
“Ward Congresses: 24th July, 2021. Appeals Arising from Ward Congresses: 26th – 29th July, 2021.
“LGAs; Purchase of Forms for the LGA Party Positions: 26th – 30th July, 2021. Screening of Aspirants to LGA Party Positions:19th – 26th July, 2021
“LGA Congresses (including 3-Man delegates to National Convention): 14th August, 2021. Appeals arising from LGA Congresses: 16th – 20th August, 2021
“State Congresses; Purchase of Forms for State Exco: 23rd – 27th August, 2021. Inauguration of Screening /Screening Appeals Committee for State Exco: 30th August, 2021. Screening of Aspirants for State Exco: 6th – 8th September, 2021
“Appeals Arising from Screening for State Exco: 12th – 15th September, 2021. State Congresses: 18th September, 2021. Appeals arising from State Congresses: 19th – 21st September, 2021
“By the notice, aspirants will purchase forms as follows: Ward Chairman – N10, 000; Ward Vice Chairman, Secretary, and Treasurer – N5,000; Other Offices – N 2,000.
“Local Government Chairman – N25,000; Local Government Vice Chairman, Secretary, and Treasurer – N15,000.00; Other Offices – N10, 000. State Chairman – N100,000; State Vice-Chairman, Secretary and Treasurer – N 50,000; Other Offices – N30,000.
“Meanwhile, female aspirants and physically challenged aspirants are to pay 50% of the prescribed fees for each position,” Ussiju Medaner said in a statement obtained by SaharaReporters.
This comes a few days after Buni visited President Muhammadu Buhari at Aso Villa, where he presented a report of the committee to him.
The Buni-led caretaker committee was appointed in June 2020, following the suspension of Adams Oshiomhole as APC national chairman by a court in March 2020.
The Oshiomhole-led national working committee was also dissolved following a leadership tussle.
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BREAKING: Delta Assembly Loses Another Member, Six Months After Death Of Majority Leader, Tim Owhefere
Delta State House of Assembly has lost one of its members, Kenneth Odafe Ogba to the cold hands of death, SaharaReporters has learnt.
Ogba’s death comes barely six months after the death of the Majority Leader of the House of Assembly and member representing Isoko North constituency, Tim Oghenekome Owhefere.
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Our correspondent reliably gathered that Ogba, first term member representing Isoko South constituency 1 under the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), died on Sunday evening around 8:00pm at a hospital where he was rushed to for a yet-to-be ascertained health challenge.
As at the time of filing in this report, Ogba’s family compound in Oleh is said to have been besieged by constituents while the entire constituency 1, especially his hometown, Oleh, has been thrown into mourning.
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BREAKING: National Association Of Nigerian Students Elects New President
The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has elected Comrade Abdulmajeed Oyeniyi as its National President.
This comes a few months after a faction in the association announced Sunday Asefon as its President amid chaos and violence that characterised its convention at the old parade ground, Abuja.
Asefon, a civil servant with the Ekiti State Government, got 155 votes to defeat his closest rival, Olushola Oladoja, who had 100 votes.
Outgoing President of the Association, Comrade Danielson Bamidele Akpan in a statement obtained by SaharaReporters congratulated Oyeniyi.
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He also debunked speculations that he has transited to a new leadership led by Asefon.
“The National leadership of the National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS today elects new leadership. The election is the last phase of the national convention held between 24th and 27th June 2021.
“After a keenly contested election, the following were elected by the vast majority of the delegates who came across the country for the election.
“Comrade Abdulmajeed Oyeniyi was elected as the National President.
“Others are Comrade Paul Bidas Tenti, Vice President, National Affairs, Comrade Helen Efenji, Vice President, Special Duties, Comrade Isangobong Eyibio, PRO and Comrade Jamiu Abdullahi, Deputy Senate President.
“The convention was preceded by the election of the convention chairman which brought in Comrade Peter Bassey Asuquo and Comrade Modibbo Ibrahim after Comrade Danielson Akpan declared the convention opened,” a statement by Peter Bassey Asuquo, Chairman of the Convention, read.
The crisis rocking the students’ body comes a few weeks after Asefon, a factional President collected N70 million from the Nigerian government and Kogi state governor, Yahaya Bello to attack human rights activist, Omoyele Sowore, and others.
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Nigerian Government To Impose Heavy Tax On Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp, Other Tech Companies
Vice President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo.
The Nigerian government says it will soon impose heavy tax on giant technology and digital companies in the country.
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, (SAN) made this known on Friday, while interacting with a delegation of the Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria (CITN), led by its President, Mr Adesina Adedayo who visited him at the Presidential Villa.
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Osinbajo said the government will utilise its legal provisions to collect taxes on profits made in the country by global technology and digital firms not based in the country, but with significant economic presence.
While noting that the Federal Government will not be raising tax rates at this time, based on the Finance Act 2019, the Vice President said it is already empowered to widen the tax net, including through the collection of taxes on the Nigerian income of global tech giants with significant economic presence here, even if they have not established an office or permanent establishment and are currently not paying taxes in Nigeria.
A statement from the Vice President’s office read, “While the Federal Government will not be raising tax rates at this time, based on the Finance Act 2019, it is already empowered to widen the tax net, including by collecting taxes on the Nigerian income of global tech giants with significant economic presence here, even if they have not established an office or permanent establishment and are currently not paying taxes in Nigeria.
“In this regard, Section 4 of the Finance Act 2019, provides that ‘the Minister (Finance) may by order (of the President) determine what constitutes the significant economic presence of a company other than a Nigerian company.
“We have had severe economic downturns which of course implies that we may not be able to collect taxes with the aggressiveness that would ordinarily be expected.
“I think the most important thing is that we must widen our tax net so that more people who are eligible to pay tax are paying. Several efforts have been made, and I am sure you are aware of the initiatives including the Voluntary Assets and Income Declaration Scheme (VAIDS) which was also an attempt to bring more people into the tax net, including those who have foreign assets.”
Platforms like Facebook, Twitter, Tiktok will be mostly affected by the new tax imposition when implemented.
These platforms are part of technological companies operating in Nigeria but are located abroad.
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Many Families Rendered Homeless As Nigeria’s Capital Territory Administration Demolishes Over 349 Houses In Abuja
Many families have been rendered homeless following the demolition of over 349 structures by the Federal Capital Territory Authority in Lugbe-Across along Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Road in Abuja.
The operation which was carried out by the FCT Ministerial Committee on City Sanitation was tagged “2021 mother of clean-ups,” and accompanied by armed security operatives.
Some of the victims said they were not given adequate notice before the task force mobilised bulldozers to the area and destroyed their properties.
The demolition exercise which started at Lugbe-Across, Lugbe Berger, Car Wash, and Lugbe Zone 5 lasted about seven hours and affected shops and homes in the area.
But the Chairman of the team, Ikharo Attah, who supervised the demolition exercise explained that the operation was part of routine efforts on the Airport Road corridor, which he claimed was necessary to keep the nation’s capital, Abuja, clean.
He added that Usman Nga-Kupi, the Chief of Garki, who was also in the entourage, bemoaned the fact that most of the spaces where homeowners should park their automobiles along the fence line had been converted to business centres.
He further stated that the FCT Administration had fenced the organic settlement for the residents waiting for resettlement but regretted that the plan had been contravened by those within the area, which violates the Abuja Master Plan.
He said, “The people have turned the fence line to a motor park, where car owners park and pay N1,000 on a daily basis.
“In line with town planning rules and to keep the city clean and safe, we are not going to be deterred. This comprehensive clean-up shows that FCT Administration is committed to keeping the city clean.
“One of the key issues is to keep to the acceptable standards; if you are driving in through the Airport Road, what you see is not befitting. Abuja Environmental Protection Board is doing well by evacuating the heavy waste, there are dumpsites at the back of the villages but some still come to the front to dump waste.”
Attah also explained that the exercise was to ensure that Abuja, especially along the Airport Road is maintained in line with the best practices of orderliness and sanitation.
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N170million Fraud: Businessman Petitions Economic And Financial Crimes Commission Boss, Bawa Over Alleged Shoddy Prosecution
Abdulrasheed Bawa
An Ibadan-based businessman, Joseph Benjamin, has petitioned the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa, asking him to investigate two of the agency’s prosecutors and others in the legal department for alleged official misconduct, corruption, and non-diligent prosecution of suspects involved in the N170 million Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) contract fraud.
The officials, according to the petition, are Chile Okoroma, Jude Obozuwa, and Princewill Egbe Omagbitse.
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The petitioner called for a thorough investigation into allegations that the officials deliberately withheld or distorted critical evidence in the fraud case from 2012, resulting in the anti-graft agency losing in court, while the Federal Capital Territory High Court acquitted and discharged all eight of the culprits indicted by both the police and the Commission’s investigations.
Okoroma was the Head of the Legal Department when the then Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo, directed the EFCC to investigate the petition filed by the businessman in 2016.
Omagbitse was the Investigating Prosecuting Officer (IPO), while Obozuwa was detailed to charge and prosecute the suspects in court.
The petition noted that despite him being aware that the forensic analysis report which confirmed the controversial board resolution of Citadel Oracle Concept Limited, used in committing the fraud was forged by the suspects, Omagbitse concealed the information from the court.
The petition alleged that he was recruited later by Obozuwa to give what the petitioner’s lawyers described as “false evidence in court.”
His evidence allegedly created a controversy that invalidated a previous report.
At the end of the trial, the suspects were discharged and acquitted, while the businessman, who said he was not a party to the case, was fined N20 million by the court for allegedly refusing to appear to give evidence throughout the proceedings.
In the copy of the petition made available to SaharaReporters, Benjamin asked Bawa to investigate alleged “prosecutorial malpractice, misconduct and unlawful concealment of evidence in court and physical assault by the prosecutor in his case, Jude Obozuwa”.
He also requested the EFCC Chairman to call for a fresh charge to be filed in court by the anti-graft agency to reflect the complaint, investigation, and evidence contained in his petition against all suspects in the case of identity theft, illegal hijack, execution of contract and sharing of proceeds from fraud.
Also, he asked the EFCC boss to direct the Legal Department to effect a change of prosecutor in the case.
Describing as “strange” charge No. CR/244/2018 between the Federal Republic of Nigeria versus Princess Kama and Chief Onny Igbokwe prepared by Obozuwa, the businessman gave Bawa seven days to meet his requests, by ordering a thorough investigation into the allegations, while ensuring adequate sanctions are meted out to the offending officials and that the legal department should file a fresh charge that represents his complaint and investigation or risk legal action against the EFCC for “perversion of justice.” The notice has since expired.
Benjamin had in October 2013, in a petition to then Deputy Inspector General (DIG) in charge of Force Criminal Investigation Bureau (FCIB), Solomon Arase, accused some top officials of Zinox Group and its subsidiary, Technology Distributions Limited (TD), of fraudulent conspiracy.
Benjamin accused Onny Igbokwe and Princess Kama of conspiring with the Company Secretary/Legal Adviser, Zinox Group and Technology Distributions Limited (TD), Chris Ozims, and other officials of TD to hijack and illegally execute the contract awarded to his company by the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) in 2012.
Igbokwe is the chief executive of a Port Harcourt-based IT company, Ad’mas Digital Technologies Limited and Pirovics Engineering Services Limited.
Kama, his staff member, allegedly facilitated the alleged fraud also involving a director of TD, Folashade Oyebode, and two staff members of Access Bank Plc, Obilo Onuoha, and Deborah Ijeabu.
Benjamin said Oyebode and Ozims used his company’s forged documents, including a fake board resolution that appointed them “directors of the company” to open a fake account at Access Bank, Lagos, which was allegedly used to receive the proceeds of the fraud.
To facilitate the opening of the fake account, Benjamin said the suspects approached Onuoha and Ijeabu to release to them the original copies of documents used by his company, a long-time customer with a corporate account with the bank.
Benjamin accused Ozims, Oyebode, and Igbokwe of procuring a fake board resolution dated December 18, 2012, which they claimed was issued by Citadel Oracle management to facilitate the opening of the controversial account.
The fake document conferred on them the power of attorney to act as “directors” of the company and authorised signatories to the account, which they operated till it was run into debit.
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Stop Giving Nigerian Government Loans, Southern, Middle Belt Leaders Warn World Bank, IMF, US, China, Others
FILE PHOTO: Nigerian President Buhari at the United Nations
Some leaders of Southern Nigeria and the Middle Belt, under the auspices of the Nigerian Indigenous Nationalities Alliance for Self-determination (NINAS) have warned the international community against giving loans to the Nigerian Government, stating that “Nigeria is now a country with questionable sovereignty”.
Notable members of the group are former Military Vice-President of Nigeria, Commodore Ebitu Ukiwe (Rtd); former Governor of Plateau State, Jonah Jang; renowned historian and Second Republic member of the Senate, Banji Akintoye; former President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Chief Nnia Nwodo; respected don, Prof. Yusuf Turaki, and 124 others.
FILE PHOTO: Nigerian President Buhari at the United Nations
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In the statement, NINAS warned the World Bank, International Monetary Fund (IMF), United Nations, African Union, European Union, United States, French, Chinese and British governments to cease giving loans to the Nigerian Government, stressing that borrowing a “disputed project” loan can only be considered an act of negligence.
The statement signed by Otunba Shade Olukoya, Treasurer, Ilana Omo Oodua, and Chairman, Steering Committee of NINAS read, “Again, we remind the International Community that Nigeria is now a disputed project. This was articulated in our Press Conference of 16 December 2020, when we declared a Constitutional Force Majeure.
“Subsequent activities as articulated at Press Conferences of 17 March 2021, and 17 April 2021 emphasise that Nigeria remains a disputed project. Knowing this and lending to a disputed project can only be considered negligence.
“For the avoidance of doubt, the Indigenous Nations will not, and cannot be expected to repay such loans or allow their assets to be used as collateral to offset the loans.”
NINAS is the multi-ethnic alliance of the indigenous peoples of the Middle Belt (part of the former Northern Region), Ilana Omo Oodua (the former Western Region), and the Lower Niger (Former Eastern & Mid-Western Regions).
Although each group works separately in their blocs, they come together as the Movement for New Nigeria (MNN) Alliance.MNN is the alliance of the three platforms (MBC, IOO, and LNC) that are the keepers/custodians of the self-determination strategy.
NINAS essentially is the alliance of the indigenous peoples of the Middle Belt, Oodua, and Lower Niger blocs seeking self-determination for each ethnic nationality.
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I Am Innocent, Nigerian Pilot Denies Allegations Of N2billion Fraud Against Him By Anti-graft Agency
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A pilot, Capt. Everest Nnaji has said he is innocent of the three counts bordering on obtaining by false pretences over $5 million (about N2 billion) preferred against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
The EFCC had accused Nnaji and one Victor Uadiale of defrauding international businessmen seeking investment opportunities in Nigeria.
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Uadiale was said to have invited an investor from the Middle East, to invest in the flourishing oil sector in Nigeria. Using a pseudo name: Victor Emeka, he made the investor visit Nigeria and received him at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja and thereafter flew him in a helicopter to a destination where he reportedly met a certain Mr. Grant, a member of the syndicate, who assured him of the credibility of the business arrangement.
Convinced that Uadiale was real and the business promising, the investor started paying money in foreign currency into Uadiale’s offshore accounts, where they were laundered into various bank accounts around the globe.
The EFCC alleged the sum of $1,292,000 was traced to a Barclay’s Bank (United Kingdom) account of Captain Nnaji Everest.
The duo were subsequently arraigned on Friday, December 14, 2018, before Justice Mojisola Dada of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos.
At the resumed sitting on Monday, July 21, 2021, the prosecuting counsel, Rotimi Oyedepo, who led the third prosecution witness, Danladi Daniel, an EFCC operative, in evidence, presented more documents to prove the case against them.
The documents include photos taken in the course of the investigation; Certified True Copies (CTC) of a letter written to MTN and MTN’s reply; CTC of EFCC’s letter to the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU) and NFIU’s response; CTC of EFCC’s letter to the US Consulate-General and the response; CTC of EFCC’s letter to NNPC and the response; EFCC’s letter to the Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA); EFCC’s letter to the victim and the response and EFCC’s letter to Keystone Bank and the response.
The documents were all admitted against the defendants by the court as Exhibits P38 to P53.
In his examination-in-chief, Daniel, who identified all the documents, further narrated how the EFCC had worked on a petition from the complainant.
He said: “We confronted the second defendant with our findings, but he said he could not recall because of the length of time; so, he asked for time to contact his bank.
“He later came back that he had written to the bank and was waiting for their reply. However, he came back with an email that the bank declined giving the statement of account on the grounds that the bank had since closed the account.”
According to the witness, he and another operative, Abdulkarim Chukkol, took it upon themselves to visit the Country Representative of Barclays Bank in Nigeria.
He added: “She was able to view the account in our presence with her laptop computer and confirmed that the account had since been closed and that she did not have any clearance to give third party details of the account. So, she advised us to either approach the second defendant to approach the bank to release the details or go by the Legal Mutual Assistance to be able to recover the details.”
He also told the court that the EFCC, thereafter, engaged SOCA and the FBI “to facilitate the speedy process and we followed up with the Nigerian authorities, by writing to the NFIU and the Office of the Attorney-General of the Federation, AGF.
“The NFIU confirmed that the transaction actually occurred.”
He further told the court that in order to establish the fraud case against the defendants, the EFCC contacted MTN for the call logs of two numbers, which were identified as the phone numbers used to communicate with the victim.
Reacting in a statement by his lawyer, Chris Ekemezie, Captain Nnaji claimed the reports making rounds are not true but concocted by mischief-makers.
He said, “He told the Commission he once operated a licenced Bureau De Change Company and that in those days, Black Market Dealers (a.k.a Mallams) would collect Bureau De Change operators foreign bank account details and later come with payment slips of wired transfers that their customers made into the account and once it is confirmed that the money was in the foreign bank account, the Black Marketer will be paid the agreed naira equivalent and they would, in turn, go back and pay their customers after taking their commission.
“He told the Commission that the Bureau De Change Operator does not have the opportunity of meeting or seeing the Black Marketer’s customer since he is not part of their transaction. Captain Nnaji also told the Commission that he cannot confirm whether the figures in the wired transfers they presented entered his account in the first place since there was nothing in it to show that it came from his bank. After the explanations by our client, he was advised to contact his former bank and demand the details of wired transfers into his account within the period of 1998 to 2000.
“Based on the Commission’s advice, Captain Nnaji sent a demand letter to Barclays Bank, England, requesting them to furnish details of wired transfers made into his account within the period 1998 to 2000 and confirm if the payment as listed was cleared into his account. The Bank in its response to his request via email informed him that the said account was closed since 2002 and that their system does not keep information beyond seven years after the closure of a customer’s account and expressed the regrets of their inability to help him.
“When Captain Everest presented his letter to Barclays Bank and the response he received that he was informed by the Commission that they had made the same request to the Bank and received the same response even before he was invited by the Commission and they had thought it would make a difference if he made such request himself being the account owner.
“Since there was no evidence against Captain Nnaji, his case was referred to the former chairman of the Commission, Rtd. DIG Ibrahim Lamorde who reviewed the case and found that there was no shred of evidence against him. One of the things DIG Lamorde demanded from the Investigating officers was the telex advice of the transfers, proof of international money transfer generated once the money hits the receiving bank which was not provided and has never been provided till date in the case against him. In the absence of any evidence linking our client to the alleged crime, Rtd. DIG Lamorde directed that the case against our client be closed and anything taken from him be returned to him forthwith and he was asked to go.
“Surprisingly, in December 2018, four years later, without any fresh or additional evidence, Captain Nnaji was again invited by the Commission and this time around arraigned before the Special Offences Court in Ikeja, Lagos State as a 2nd defendant.”
“The only thing alleged against Captain Nnaji is that his account with Barclays Bank in the Isles of Man UK was supplied to the alleged victim as one of the accounts to pay money by the syndicate and that about $1,200,000 (One Million Two Hundred Thousand Dollars) allegedly passed through his account, an allegation our client not only denied and there is no proof that any such money was paid into our client’s account. It must be stated at this stage that our client was originally invited to stand as a witness for the Commission but when he declined to bear false testimony against persons he did not know and has never met, he was then roped in and charged with the suspect and he is presently facing persecution before the Special Offences Court at the High Court of Lagos State.?
“The alleged victim and his manager have testified as Prosecution Witnesses in the matter and both in their testimonies before the court exonerated our client. They testified that they never met him, never had any interaction with him even before our client was charged. The only evidence against our client is that the alleged victim said he was asked by the syndicate to pay about $1,200,000 (One Million, Two Hundred Thousand Dollars) out of the alleged about $7,000,000 he claimed was lost to the syndicate through our client’s account and for which no evidence was provided. In addition, one Mohammed Lawal who confessed to the crime but was not charged by the Commission told the Commission he does not know our client – Captain Everest Nnaji.
“The pertinent question any reasonable jury must ask before conviction is, ‘whether the money alleged to have passed through Captain Everest Nnaji’s account indeed passed through his account?’ The obvious answer is in the negative. The prosecution must therefore prove that Captain Everest Nnaji indeed received the money in his account. The proof will come mainly from the TELEX COPY or the statement of account of the defendant (in this case Captain Everest. We state without fear of contradiction, that there is no telex advice in this matter showing that the money ever got into our client’s account and the bank has stated clearly that they do not have records of the transaction.
“Investigations by the Operatives of the Commission also show that no such money got into our club account. In addition, the victim of the alleged fraud together with his manager stated that they were in Nigeria several times during the time the offences were committed. They swore by the Holy Koran that they never met with our client nor know him (in the open court). The records are there for anyone to verify. They are public documents. The reports making rounds are not true but are concocted by mischief makers.”
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E2%80%98unnecessary%E2%80%99%E2%80%94-buhari Threats By Niger Delta Avengers To Attack Oil Installations ‘Unnecessary’— Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari has reacted to the threats by the Niger Delta Avengers to attack oil installations.
The militant group had in a statement threatened to “bring down” oil installations in the South-South, after accusing the Nigerian government of marginalising the region.
NDA, which started operations in 2016, attacked oil-producing facilities that led to a huge decline in Nigeria’s oil production.
They also announced the launch of ‘Operation Humble’, a new mission to resume the attacks.
Reacting in a statement on Sunday, Femi Adesina, presidential spokesman, noted that the issues raised by the group had been responded to when the president met with the leadership of the Niger Delta and Ijaw National Congress (INC), at the Presidential Villa.
The statement read, “The media was Sunday awash with threats and demands by a group, Niger Delta Avengers, to embark on economic sabotage through bombing of critical oil and gas installations unless certain demands, including development of the Niger Delta, and restructuring of the Federation, were met.
“It is, however, curious that the threat was coming less than 48 hours after President Muhammadu Buhari met with the leadership of the Niger Delta and Ijaw National Congress (INC), at the Presidential Villa, and the germane issues had been responded to, especially call for restructuring of the Federation, and the inauguration of a Board for the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC).”
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How I Spent 7 Hours In Same Room With Cobra Without Being Hurt, Says Bishop David Oyedepo
The General Overseer of the Living Faith Church International (Winners Chapel), Bishop David Oyedepo, says he spent seven hours in his office with a cobra but came out unhurt.
According to a video posted on the church’s YouTube, the Pastor said the reason why the cobra did not attack him was because of his love for God.
He said, “You may read all the books I have written but until you discover my heartbeat for God, you don’t know my secret. God knows I love him, all the devils know I love God and God proves perpetually and unending that I truly love him. So He manifests himself concerning me at His own time. He does it naturally in all the realms.
“I was in my office and a cobra was found in my wardrobe, the third floor of the building and I worked in that floor seven hours in the previous night and the morning when they were cleaning, there was a cobra and it stood up. It was there all night and I was there.
“Let me tell you this, when you become a lover of God, the enemy will leave you alone, because every attempt on your life will bounce back on him.
“Everybody desires supernatural intervention in their finances but there is nothing you earn as wages that will be equal to wealth, it is the blessing of God that makes you rich and he adds no sorrow to it. So, to bring the hand of God to bear on your finances, whatever God says to you to do regarding your finances, do it.”
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