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Oyakhilome prophesied I’ll go to prison, Orji Kalu says

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December 13, 2020

Oyakhilome prophesied I’ll go to prison, Orji Kalu says

The Senate Chief Whip, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, has disclosed how the Founder and President of LoveWorld Incorporated, also known as Christ Embassy, Pastor Chris Oyakhilome, told him that he would be imprisoned for about after six months.

Recall that Senator Kalu was sentenced to 12 years imprisonment in December 2019 on corruption charges but was released from Kuje Correctional Centre, Abuja in June 2020.

His release was following the judgement of the Federal High Court in Lagos in line with the Supreme Court judgment nullifying his trial and conviction. The Supreme Court had, in May, ruled that the trial and judgment.

Kalu, speaking during Sunday Thanksgiving service at Christ Embassy headquarters in Lagos, said Pastor Chris Oyakhilome told him in October 2019 that no amount of intervention from world leaders would prevent him from going to prison.

He said: “I was traveling to Abuja and Pastor (Chris) asked me to drop by for dinner. We have been friends for more than 28 years, but when I was about leaving, we prayed together, and he told me what I didn’t know how to digest.

“He said I should prepare myself because I was going to be in prison for six months. He told me it is something I cannot stop, and no amount of intervention from world leaders can stop it.

He added that Pastor Chris told him to be closer to God because it’s a phase God wanted him to pass through.

“Today, I am very grateful for that experience. Then, I wished the cup could pass by but today I am glad and extremely happy very to God for everything.

According to him, that was not the first time Pastor Chris would prophesy to him but he has always disagreed with him because he doesn’t believe in prophecies.

Kalu also revealed that the Pastor prophesied that President Buhari will become President in 2015 and it came to pass.

“In 2011, he told me I should not contest for the Senate election because my mandate would be stolen and won’t be recovered. I disobeyed him and it went as he said.

“In 2014, he also told me Muhammadu Buhari would win the 2015 election. So I am here to thank God and to thank the Pastor for being the instrument God uses to speak to me,” the former governor added.

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Ogun govt takes credit for Anthony Joshua’s victory

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December 13, 2020

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Ogun govt takes credit for Anthony Joshua’s victory

Ogun State Governor, Dr. Dapo Abiodun, has congratulated Nigerian-born British boxer, Anthony Joshua on his victory against Kubrat Pulev on Saturday night.

In a Facebook post on Sunday, the Governor described Anthony Joshua’s win as a justification for the state government’s investment in sports, adding that it has brought pride to the state he hails from.

He said, “AJ’s victory gives us, Ogun State people immeasurable joy, as the IBF, WBA and WBO title holder retained his place at his outing against Kubrat Pulev yesterday.

“So, this is to congratulate, on behalf of the good people of the Gateway State, our very own Anthony Joshua on the world-celebrated victory that has brought us pride and a justification for our investment in sports and youth development.”

Joshua enjoyed another victory on Saturday as he knocked out Bulgarian boxer, Kubrat Pulev, in the ninth round of their world title bout at the SSE Arena, Wembley, to retain his WBA (Super), IBF, WBO, and IBO heavyweight titles.

The fight is Joshua’s first since reclaiming his belts from Andy Ruiz in December 2019 in Saudi Arabia.

This is Pulev’s first defeat in his last eight fights since losing via knockout to Wladimir Klitschko in 2014. The 39-year-old won 28 of his previous 29 with 14 by way of knockout.

Joshua’s victory will be followed by an all-British heavyweight unification bout against Tyson Fury in 2021.

I predicted Trump’s defeat at US Supreme Court – TB Joshua

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December 13, 2020

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I predicted Trump’s defeat at US Supreme Court – TB Joshua

Founder of the Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN) Prophet T.B. Joshua has recalled his prediction about November 3 presidential election in the United States.

The cleric revisited his prediction after Saturday’s US Supreme Court ruling which unanimously rejected President Donald Trump’s lawsuit seeking to overturn election results in four battleground states.

Joshua had predicted on November 1 that “there is likely going to be pockets of resistance here and there but nothing will change… The joy is that the Supreme Court will be an instrument of check… Let me reserve what I am seeing until the inauguration of the new president.”

The televangelist said in an Instagram post on Saturday that nothing stops US President-elect Joe Biden from being inaugurated as the 46th president on January 20, 2021.

“As stated in the prophecy, let us await the next message from Prophet TB Joshua after the inauguration of the new president,” the post read.

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Ganduje gives N1.6 million to families of 16 killed in road crash

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Ganduje gives N1.6 million to families of 16 killed in road crash

Kano Governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, on Saturday visited Households of the 16 Individuals who Perished in an accident Across the Kaduna-Abuja Expressway.

It had been assembled the accident happened when a tyre of this Hummer Bus dispersing them made the driver eliminate control.

“The bus somersaulted several days before diving right into a ditch,” an eyewitness said.

Three individuals, nevertheless, survived the crash, where 19 passengers were to board the bus, including the driver, The Country learnt.

Police Force Spokesman, DCP Frank Mba, in an announcement, said: “The unfortunate passing of the 16 passengers and harms of 3 others were because of the fatal vehicular accident”

Mba stated nine passengers died on the place, while others, who continued various degrees of harm, were hurried to St. Gerald’s Hospital, Kakuri. But, seven of those wounded afterwards died, bringing the total of this deceased to 16.

Families of the deceased accumulated in Dambatta upon hearing the governor had been paying a visit to condole together.

Read also: Akpabio was governor by accident, says senator who defeated him

An announcement by Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Abba Anwar, said that the Senate gave N1.6 million into the bereaved.

“Families of the deceased men got N100,000 each,” the announcement said.

“After we’ve got the sad news of this accident between 16 individuals from the Dambatta Local Government Area and the other one by the Kura Local Government Area we had been shocked by the catastrophe.

“However, I want to remind you all that the catastrophe was out of the Almighty Allah. What’s left to us all to do would be to keep on praying to them,” the governor stated.

“We’re heartbroken over the catastrophe; we are nevertheless glad the Senate is here together with his cabinet members and party leaders and leaders to mourn with us,” Muhammad said.

Read also: NAF Female Fighter Pilot Tolulope Arotile Dies in Road Traffic Accident

Anthony Joshua knocks out Pulev to retain heavyweight titles

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December 13, 2020

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Anthony Joshua knocks out Pulev to retain heavyweight titles

Anthony Joshua successfully defended his world heavyweight titles with a ninth-round knockout of Kubrat Pulev at Wembley early Sunday morning.

The British heavyweight boxer outclassed his Bulgarian counterpart and mandatory challenger, flooring him twice in round three and twice more in the ninth and final round.

It was a dramatic and entertaining contest and one that began with a cagey opener as both men appeared hesitant and exchanged jabs.

With a few uppercuts in the ninth round, Joshua dropped Pulev before a straight brutal right hand wiped the challenger out, putting him down for the count.

Read also: Buhari congratulates Anthony Joshua on victory

1,000 fans were granted access to Wembley Arena to watch the fight amid the coronavirus pandemic.

But victory for Joshua bolsters hopes that a historic fight against fellow Briton Tyson Fury could soon be a reality.

After the win, Joshua said: “I started this game in 2013, gathered the belts.

“Whoever has the belts I want to compete with. If that is Tyson Fury, let it be Tyson Fury.”

The IBF, WBA and WBO champion stands a chance to become the undisputed heavyweight champion if he goes on to beat Fury, who holds the WBC heavyweight title.

Joshua, 31, has now won 24 of his 25 professional fights, while Pulev, 39, has a record of 28 victories and now two losses.

Read also: Lennox Lewis tips Tyson Fury to beat Anthony Joshua

Buhari fires NDDC management, appoints sole administrator

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December 13, 2020

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Buhari fires NDDC management, appoints sole administrator

President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday appointed the acting Executive Director, Finance and Administration of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Mr. Effiong Okon Akwa, as the commission’s interim administrator.

The Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the president, Femi Adesina, who disclosed this in a statement titled: “NDDC gets interim administrator,” said President Buhari appointed the interim administrator because of the plethora of litigation and a restraining order against the NDDC Interim Management Committee (IMC) by the Federal High Court, Abuja.

The statement read: “President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of an interim administrator to oversee the affairs of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC).

“He is Mr. Effiong Okon Akwa, the Acting Executive Director, Finance and Administration of the commission, who is to assume headship till completion of the forensic audit.

“Mr. Akwa is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants and a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Nigeria.

“The development became necessary as a result of plethora of litigation and a restraining order issued recently against the Interim Management Committee of the NDDC by a Federal High Court in Abuja.”

The House of Representatives had earlier this year probed the IMC for alleged misappropriation of N40billion.

During one of the House ad hoc committee’s sitting in July, the Acting Managing Director of NDDC, Prof. Kemebradikumo Pondei, slumped and passed out when he was asked by the lawmakers to explain how the fund was expended by the committee.

Nigeria in demographic Catastrophe, States NIPSS boss

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December 13, 2020

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Nigeria in demographic Catastrophe, States NIPSS boss

Speaking at the alliance of 77 delegates of the Senior Executive Course (SEC) 42 yesterday, Galadima said just 27.9 per cent of the populace was encouraging and productive others.

He explained: “Nigeria’s population is increasing at 3.2 per cent annually that equates to an extra 6.7 million men annually, which makes it among the greatest on earth. As at 2019, 86.7 per cent of Nigerians rely on other people to live, meaning only 27.9 million people from roughly 210 million are effective.”

Galadima said farther that the demographic crisis, characterized by a higher speed of out-of-school kids, youth bulge in the population census, higher dependency ratio; also as high unemployment, was leading to conflicts over resources, insecurity, violence and youth restiveness.

To tackle the emergency, the SEC 42, who spent his research period researching the topic, requested the President to approve the revised National Population Policy 2019 and guarantee a successful implementation of this policy.

They, and the Federal Ministry of Public Health, must collaborate with the NOA to make consciousness and concentrated advocacy for the behavioural and social influence on people issues continuously in 2021 into 2024″.

Galadima is known for the execution of family planning methods to look at the nation’s population growth.

“Family planning is very important to the management of Nigeria’s population and it plays a very important part of the decrease in maternal mortality and morbidity. It is still one of the very cost-effective tactics to stop maternal, child and infant mortality,” he explained.

In his address, President Muhammadu Buhari, who had been symbolized by Plateau State Senate, Mr Simon Lalong, promised the SEC 42 his government would apply the 12-point recommendations on Population Growth and Human Capital Development in Nigeria.

CAN to FG: Use religious, traditional leaders to tackle sexual violence

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December 13, 2020

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Following the high rate of sexual violence in the country, the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has advised the Federal Government and other civil rights groups working against gender-based violence to use religious leaders to fight the menace.

This, according to the CAN, is because the religious and traditional leaders command loyalty and respect from thousands of followers who could easily obey their instructions and act on issues of gender-based violence.

CAN President, Dr. Samson Ayokunle, gave the suggestion in Abuja at the launch of the 16 days of activism against gender-based violence where he stated that the menace had had immeasurable and devastating effects on the life of victims.

He was particularly concerned that most of the gender-based violence was recorded at homes from trusted close family members.

His words: “Home is not always a safe place to live, especially for adults and children living in situations of domestic and familial violence. Home is often the space where physical, psychological and sexual abuse occurs. This is because home can be a place where dynamics of power are distorted and subverted by those who abuse often without scrutiny from anyone outside the couple or the family unit.

“Children face particular protection risks, including that of being separated from their caregivers. Social norms put a heavy caregiving burden on women and girls in many countries and are likely to cause their physical and mental health to suffer and impede their access to education, livelihood sources and other critical support.

Read also: Religious Blacklist: U.S misled by political CAN, terrorist groups – Igbo group

“The commitment of faith actors to human rights is not an arbitrary cultural or ideological preference, but rooted in religious convictions. There can be no justice where God-given human rights are violated or where duty bearers fail to discharge their responsibilities”.

The CAN boss advocated that all responses against gender-based violence should involve faith actors, adding that: “They should ensure coordination and meaningful partnerships between faith and secular actors. They are key in reaching communities both with essential information, providing service to vulnerable groups and promoting behaviour change and challenging harmful norms, stereotypes and stigma”.

Ayokunle advocated that there should be adoption of gender-just policies and funding of Coronavirus (COVID-19) response plans that will holistically address the pandemic, including the secondary impacts on education, health, economy and livelihoods.

Sanwo-Olu tests positive for Covid-19

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December 12, 2020

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Governor Babajide Sanwo-olu Of Lagos State has tested positive for the ravaging coronavirus disease.

This was made known in a statement by the State Commissioner for Health, Professor Akin Abayomi on Saturday.

TheNigerian reported how the governor had on Friday gone into self-isolation after one of his close aides tested positive for the virus.

Religious Blacklist: U.S misled by political CAN, terrorist groups – Igbo group

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December 12, 2020

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Religious Blacklist: U.S misled by political CAN, terrorist groups – Igbo group

The Igbos in Nigeria Movement (INM) has blamed “political” Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) and groups that have showed incurable bias and sympathy for terrorist organisations for the inclusion of Nigeria in the United States’ blacklist for religious intolerance.

The group said it came to this conclusion after a thorough review of the circumstances that led to the inclusion of Nigeria.

In a statement signed by its President, Mazi Ifeanyi Igwe, the Igbo group said the U.S. was misled by the political wing of CAN and groups affiliated to terrorism.

The INM noted that the U.S’ report was extracted from NGOs and international news reports that are totally out of tune with the reality in Nigeria.

According to the group, the United States’ blacklist could ultimately incite Christians against their Muslim neighbours in parts of the country that have till date remained peaceful and free of ethno-sectarian crisis

The INM, however, that the United States discards its report listing Nigeria as a country that promotes religious persecution as it is lacking in facts while it is a product of misleading reports by the political wings of supposed religious groups.

Read the full statement below:

The Igbos in Nigeria Movement (INM) taken time to review the inclusion of Nigeria on the Special Watch List for having engaged in or tolerated severe violations of religious freedom by the States Department of the United States in its 2019 Report on International Religious Freedom: Nigeria.

The logical conclusion we arrived at upon our review is the United States was misled by the political wing of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) and groups that have shown incurable bias and sympathy for terrorist organizations.

INM’s decision to make this public clarification derives from the realization that the UN report contained too many fallacies that will do long term damage to harmonious relations among the diverse ethnic nationalities in Nigeria if they are not immediately challenged, exposed as false and rejected in their entirety.

We particularly noted that the US report was largely based on the information it extracted from NGOs and international news reports that are totally out of tune with the reality in Nigeria. The NGOs and the news outlets engaged in a lot of inferences and generalization that magnified incidents in a way that fits into preconceived stereotypes they have for Nigeria.

It must be noted and documented that CAN, which the report relied heavily on for input and subsequent endorsement and marketing of its content, has in recent years metamorphosed into the NGO wing of the opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP). It has made it a mission to frame whatever the Federal Government of Nigeria is doing from the perspective of the ethnic and sectarian prism, which has served to sow divisions where none existed prior.

INM is concerned that the manner that the US report is promoting the concept of Muslims versus Christians will dangerously incite Christians against their Muslim neighbours in parts of the country that have till date remained peaceful and free of ethno-sectarian crisis. We further fear that the report is validating a suggestion that other ethnic groups should exterminate the Fulani from Nigeria.

We are raising this alarm because of the risks this report poses as something that will incite and inflame passion among the Igbos, first as having large Christian population and secondly as originally being from the south-east of Nigeria, in a manner that will make them take the law into their hands. This has the potential of misleading our people to commit crimes in addition to sparking off tit-for-tat reprisals that will make the whole of Nigeria a sectarian war zone.

INM, therefore, demands that the United States discards its report listing Nigeria as a country that promotes religious persecution as it is lacking in facts while it is a product of misleading reports by the political wings of supposed religious groups. The wild categorization of Nigerians as sharply divided along ethnic and sectarian lines is something that the US also has to desist from doing forthwith because experience has shown us that these concepts of identity war that is projected into the consciousness of Nigerians amount to a kind of subtle war that is meant to make Nigerians kill themselves.