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Post Date : January 14, 2022

Kanu’s trial: Caution Nigeria security, IPOB tells Buhari, International communities

The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, on Friday called President Muhammadu Buhari and International communities to caution the Nigeria security agencies to stop any form of overzealousness in the next appearance of the IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu in court next week 18 January 2022. The Lead counsel to IPOB, Ifeanyi Ejiofor, stated to Vanguard in Owerri. He said it was part of the outcome of their visit to Kanu at the detention facility of the Department of State Security, DSS, in Abuja last Thursday. IPOB said they made the call so that the security agencies would display a positive attitude in the next court outing. According to the group narrated: “We undertook our customary visit to Onyendu in DSS custody today. In the course of the visit, our discussions focused primarily on our final preparations for the legal battle that would resume on the turf of the Federal High Court, Abuja Judicial Division, from next week and on subsequent adjourned dates, if any. “We coalesced the product of our reflections on the most potent legal strategies henceforth to be adopted, fine-tuned and harmonised them, and then distilled them into a single, conclusive, potent, workable formula. “We are optimistic that the court outings of Onyendu would be impressive. Onyendu himself is in high spirit. Our discussions with him further reassured him and strengthened his determination to persevere unrelentingly. I declare to you, UMUCHINEKE, that Onyendu is fully prepared to appear in court from the 18th of January, 2022. “He is rooting for victory and knows that, with the help of ChukwuokikeAbiama, victory is assured. You will all behold with your eyes an interesting dimension in the harmonised workable formula we have evolved. The detractors of Onyendu will be comprehensively humbled and permanently put to shame” “Further, Onyendu utilized the opportunity afforded by our visit to mandate us to admonish his teeming supporters and followers. He advises those of them that would appear in court in demonstration of their unflinching support and loyalty to him to conduct themselves with decorum, be civil in their conduct and comportment, shun violence and deviant behaviour in any manner or form, and exercise restraint in speech.” He pointed out that “On our part, we have caused formal correspondences to issue on responsible, sovereign, democratic Governments and other international institutions to prevail on the Nigerian Government to caution uncouth and overzealous security agents. “We can authoritatively declare to you, UMUCHINEKE, that those correspondences are receiving the requisite attention they deserve. We are optimistic that there would be a positive transformation in the conduct and general approach of the said overzealous security agents at the next appearance of Onyendu in court. “We make bold to state for the umpteenth time that Onyendu has not committed any offence known to law. For this reason, he must be released unconditionally.”

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Post Date : January 14, 2022

Sowore gives FG seven-day ultimatum to re-activate NIN, threatens lawsuit

The founder of #RevolutionNow Movement, Omoyele Sowore, has given the Federal Government seven days to reactivate his National Identity Number. Failure to do this, the activist theeatened to sue the Nigerian government. This was contained in a pre-litigation notice written to the Attorney General of Nigeria and other Federal Government’s agencies by his lawyer,Tope Temokun, on Friday. Sowore ealier raised an alarm that the Federal Government had deactivated all his means of identification. The pre-action notice read in part, “In furtherance to the establishment of the National Identity Database, our Client presented himself for registration and was duly registered and his personal data captured and was issued a National Identity Card containing his National Identity Number by the National Identity Management Commission. “Since the issuance of his National Identity Number, he has been using it to perform various transactions as stipulated by Section 27 of the National Identity Management Commission Act 2007, to wit: Application for and issuance of a passport, Opening of bank account, Registration with INEC and issuance of voter’s card, etc. “On the 12th of January 2022, when he wanted to use his National Identity Number to effect certain banking transaction, he discovered to his greatest consternation that his National Identity Number has been deactivated from the National Identity Database. “No notice was issued to him neither did he receive any message from the National Identity Management Commission concerning the deactivation of his National Identity Number. “The deactivation of his National Identity Number is politically motivated to stop him from participating in the 2023 generation elections. “The action of the Commission to deactivate his National Identity Number amounts to depriving him of his citizenship and national identity. “It is against this background that we write to you to demand that our Client’s National Identity Number be reactivated with immediate effect. “TAKE NOTICE that if after the expiration of SEVEN DAYS, inclusive of the date of service of this letter on you, our Client’s National Identity Number is not reactivated, we have the full instruction of our Client to approach the appropriate Court with jurisdiction to seek this redress and this shall be without further recourse to you. “TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that this letter is also issued to you as a Pre-Action Notice.”

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Post Date : January 14, 2022

Sen Ndume denies Boko Haram attacks on Gwoza communities

Senator Mohammed Ndume Ali and Chairman Senate Committee on Army on Friday denied media reports (not in Vanguard) claiming that dozens of Police Officers were kidnapped by Boko Haram members who invaded Limankara village and some parts of Gwoza Local Government Area of Borno State, including the Police Mobile Training School which was deserted some year ago. Ndume who hail from Gwoza and representing Borno South Senatorial District made the denial in an exclusive interview with our Correspondent in Maiduguri on Friday. He said that, Limankara community and other surrounding villages are calm and peaceful with Military Battalion stationed at strategic places who have been crushing fleeing Boko Haram insurgents crossing from Sambisa forest to the Mandara mountains of Cameroun on daily basis. “It is not true that some police officers were kidnapped in Limankara, Infact, there are no policemen in Limankara, we only have Military troops/Battalion in Limankara who are up and doing, and there is no attack of such nature”.

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Post Date : January 14, 2022

Despite Shrinking Resources, We Must Do The Best For Our People – Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari says it is the bounden duty of leaders to do the best for their people, despite shrinking resources, particularly within the West African sub-region. The President stated this on Friday at State House in Abuja while receiving in farewell audience, the Ambassador of Burkina Faso, Piabie Firmin Gregoire N’do, who spent eight years on tour of duty. “Leaders should do the best for their people within the limits of resources,” President Buhari was quoted as saying in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina. He added that he hoped the outgoing ambassador would use experiences garnered in the field “for decision making in your country when you go back”. In reaction, Ambassador N’do expressed the good wishes of his country, and of himself to Nigeria, commending President Buhari for good diplomacy which has seen Nigerians leading many international organisations. He equally expressed appreciation for different kinds of support from Nigeria to Burkina Faso during the flooding crisis, their national elections, and at many other critical times. The Burkina Faso envoy said he enjoyed his stay in Nigeria and had his last daughter here, adding that he holds very pleasant memories of the country.

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Post Date : January 14, 2022

I’ve ‘Resigned’ From Impregnating Women — 2Baba

Award-winning Nigerian artist, Innocent Idibia popularly known as 2Baba, has announced that he has resigned from impregnating women. Tuface said this while performing one of his hit songs, True Love, during the Idoma carnival in Benue state, asking his audience repeatedly “where is my true love?” Low response from them, prompted him to make the statement. He said in pidgin, “I see say some babe dey fear to shout for that side. Abeg, make una no fear to shout, I no dey give belle like that again, I don stop. Ask anybody, they will tell you I am Innocent Idibia. I no dey do that kind thing again. No be small thing, I don resign for that kind matter.”(sic) Currently, Tuface has seven children, his previous relationship with his baby mama Pero had produced three kids, with Sumbo Adeoye the singer has two kids. He is married to a Nigerian Actress, Annie and their union have been blessed with two kids.

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Post Date : January 14, 2022

EXTRA: Saying hello is demonic… it’s a slogan of hell, Mummy GO claims

Funmilayo Adebayo, the controversial Nigerian evangelist better known as Mummy GO, has claimed it is demonic to say “hello”. Generally, hello is used as a greeting or to begin a phone conversation. But in one of her teachings now gaining attention on social media, the cleric claimed hello “is a language and slogan of hell.” “A bishop from Ghana was arguing with me. He said ‘Evangelist Funmi, we are listening to your message but don’t say nonsense. Don’t teach us wrong things. I said what is the wrong thing that I taught,” she said. “He said ‘you said if somebody said hello, it is demonic. It is not good’. I said yes sir, I said so. I never denied it. “He then asked, what about our Lord’s prayer… ‘our father who art in heaven, hallowed…’ I said it’s hallowed not hello. “By the time you remove letter o from hello, what is remaining? Hell! So, I greet you in the morning or you call me and I just mention hell! It is a language of hell, a slogan of hell.” Funmilayo is the founder of Rapture Proclaimer Evangelical Church of God (RAPEC). She became a viral sensation after several clips of her unorthodox and jarring sermons surfaced online. Mummy GO had earlier claimed that some of the viral videos of her preachings about hell were doctored.

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Post Date : January 14, 2022

Bola Tinubu: “I made my first million dollar doing my accounting work in USA”

National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Tinubu has opened up on how he made his first million. Mr Tinubu said he was sent on an assignment to help set up an accounting and auditing system for a joint venture between National Oil and Aramco in Saudi Arabia but by the time he returned to the United States, he discovered that his account had been credited in millions. Many had questioned the source of his wealth, as many urged the APC national leader to disclose it. In a throwback interview with TheNews Magazine on March 29, 2016, Bola Tinubu had revealed how he made his first million. He said; “At Deloitte and Touche, I chose to travel more than 80 per cent of my working years there. And that is because if a staff chose to travel, he would make more money because he would get travel allowances,” Mr. Tinubu said he was sent on an assignment to help set up an accounting and auditing system for a joint venture between National Oil and Aramco in Saudi Arabia but by the time he returned to the United States, he discovered that his account had been credited in millions. “We had gone there to set up their accounting and auditing system. It was while on that service that I got my financial break. When I returned to the United States, my employers gave me a huge bonus, which instantly turned me into a millionaire. “The bonus was $850,000, before taxes. My salaries were also being paid into the bank and I was not touching them. At the time, my salary deposits in the bank had risen to about $1.8 million.”

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Post Date : January 14, 2022

NLNG suspends cooking gas export, channels 100% to domestic market

The Nigeria LNG Limited announced on Thursday that its board of directors had approved the supply of 100 per cent of the Liquefied Petroleum Gas (butane and propane) produced by the company to the Nigerian market. The NLNG said in a statement that it would prioritise the domestic market for 100 per cent of its butane (cooking gas) production. It noted that it supplied its first propane cargo into the domestic market three months ago. The company said it had developed a scheme to sustainably supply propane for usage in cooking gas blending as well as in agro-allied, autogas, power and petrochemical sectors of the Nigerian economy to further deepen gas utilisation in the country. It said the initiatives were designed to increase LPG availability in Nigeria, diversify its uses and support the Federal Government’s Decade of Gas initiative. According to the statement, the NLNG is currently the highest single supplier of LPG into the domestic market, with an estimated 400,000 metric tonnes supplied in 2021. The Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, NLNG, Dr Philip Mshelbila, said the announcement marked the company’s strong commitment to the continued growth of the domestic LPG market and its passion to increase utilisation of one of the most versatile energy sources in the world. He said, “Committing 100 per cent of our LPG supply is a major milestone in our journey of domestic gas supply. We supplied our first butane cargo into the domestic market in 2007, which helped to develop over the years the LPG industry in Nigeria from less than 50,000 tonnes to over 1 million tonnes market size annually by the end of 2020. “In 2021, we increased our LPG supply commitment from 350,000 metric tonnes (or 28 million 12.5kg cylinders) to actual delivery of 400,000 metric tonnes (or 32 million 12.5kg cylinders) thereby directing most of our production into the domestic market. “But this was not enough for NLNG, hence this commitment to do all that we possibly can and supply 100 per cent of our LPG production to the domestic market.” According to Mshelbila, gas, as the cleanest of the fossil fuels, has become an essential energy source to be reckoned with during this energy transition period. He said, “Other countries are revolutionising their energy industry to cut down on carbon emissions drastically. Nigeria should not be left out in this drive, considering its abundant gas resources. “Gas is essential for life and living at the moment, because it can support everything we will need to develop our economy and create better living standards for Nigerians. We need to change the narrative, and NLNG is being pragmatic about it.” Asked if the company exported cooking gas in the past, the NLNG, in an emailed response to The PUNCH enquiry, said, “Nigeria LNG Limited supplied LPG both to the Nigerian and international markets before now. With the decision of the Board of Directors, all of the company’s LPG production will be delivered to the domestic market.”

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Post Date : January 14, 2022

Zamfara woman arrested for trying to sell co-wife’s year-old child

Police detectives in Zamfara state have arrested a Nigerien woman identified as Aisha Ibrahim, who allegedly tried to sell her co-wife’s two-year-old boy in Gusau, the state capital. According to the state police commissioner, Mr Ayuba N Elkanah, the detectives acted on intelligence before tracking down the suspect at Tullukawa area of Gusau metropolis. The suspect, who hail from Danyade Kaya village in Maradi, Niger Republic, was arrested with her co-wife’s child whom she claimed she stole in retaliation to the theft and sale of her son by her co-wife. She further confessed that the reason for the theft was to sell the child and raise money for her day-to-day needs. In another development, the police commissioner said military operatives deployed along Dansadau road in Maru LGA intercepted and rescued 17 victims, who were abducted on December 14, 2021, in Wamba Village of Mariga LGA of Niger State. The rescued victims were handed over to the Command by the Brigade Commander 1 Brigade Nigerian Army, Gusau where they were checked medically, debriefed by the Police and handed over to the Commissioner of Police Niger State Command, who would reunite the victims with their families. “Our attention has not been diverted to fighting banditry in the bush as to ignore other conventional crimes within cities and towns,” Mr Elkanah said.

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Post Date : January 14, 2022

BREAKING: Boko Haram abducts mobile police officers in Borno

Boko Haram terrorists have abducted an unspecified number of mobile policemen at the police mobile training school in limankara Gwoza local government area of Borno State, the hometown of Senator Ali Ndume, the Chairman Senate Committee on Army. Information available to The PUNCH revealed that the insurgent fighters attacked the training school around 8:22 on Thursday the 13 of January in the night with gun trucks and shot sporadically into the air before kidnapping the mobile Police instructors. The training school is located twenty-five kilometers from Gwoza town. It is a border town between Borno and Madagali LGA of Adamawa State. The attack is coming seven days after the terrorists attempted to infiltrate the Nigerian Army base in Gwoza in which they were successfully repelled by men of the Nigerian army. The Senate committee on Army led by Senator Ali Ndume paid a working visit to the theater command operation, Hadin Kai, in the area two days ago. More to follow…

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