Author: Naomitheboss

Crime

Killing People For Rituals Won’t Make You Rich” – Ben Bruce Tells Nigerian Youths

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“Leaders of tomorrow now engage in unimaginable crimes just to become millionaires overnight”.

“What has suddenly gone wrong with young people who now believe that rituals involving human blood will make them rich?”.

“So many Nigerians go missing daily, and while many are never found. Some are found dead with body parts missing. We must work to stop this trend.”

The former senator said the “narrative that poverty and unemployment get young people into ritual killings” must not be accepted.

To curb the menace, Murray-Bruce said the family, as a social institution, should instil discipline and good morals in children.

He said, “We must return to our traditional family values where charity begins at home. The family remains where the teachings of ethics begin.

“This is where moral instructions are imbibed in children. This is where discipline and good morals are instilled in children regardless of their religion. We must rebuild our families and inculcate love and tolerance among our children.”

The former senator also admonished that the government “must do more to encourage young people to use their knowledge of technology for productive ventures”.

He said, “With this, I’m calling on the government to establish tech hubs and tech sharks to train young people in information and digital skills aimed at making Nigeria and the world a better place. We must teach them good virtues, hard work and patience.

“I want young people to know that there is no shortcut to being wealthy without hard work. Killing a human being for ritual purposes will not make you rich overnight. It will only take you to hell.

“Our politicians and elites must show restrain in the way they flaunt their wealth both publicly and on social media.

“The Nigeria police and other security agencies should also deploy intelligence and apprehend the perpetrators of these acts and bring them to justice.

“While our worship centres must focus more on encouraging young people to embrace hard work diligence and patience.”

Religion

David Ibiyeomi To Receive An International Award For Condemning Yahoo-Yahoo (Internet Fraud)

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The presiding Pastor of Salvation Ministries, God’s servant Pastor David Ibiyeomie is about to receive an international award for his condemnation of the societal menace “internet fraud (Yahoo, Yahoo)”.

David Ibiyeomie made this known in a special praise service today in Salvation Ministries Headquarters in G.R.A Port Harcourt. David Ibiyeomie said while others were sad that he spoke against the ill, he is being recognised for condemning it strongly.

David Ibiyeomie, on Thursday, 24th January 2022, the fourth night of GLORY REIGN 2022, condemned internet fraud. Stating categorically that Yahoo Yahoo is stealing and nothing less. He decried the level of death amongst victims of internet fraud while stressing the point that the crime has given Nigeria a bad name.

The cleric after the condemnation came under attacks from various quarters. On the attacks faced in the past two weeks, he said it doesn’t matter who agrees with him, maintaining that Yahoo is stealing.

Papa said, “I repeat yahoo is stealing, what shall it profit you to gain the whole world through yahoo and lose your soul”.

Politics

Over 10,000 Sign Petition To Sanwo-Olu, Makinde, Others South-West Governors, Lawmakers, Demanding Yoruba Referendum.

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A petition started on the online petition aggregator, change.org for the conduct of a referendum in Yoruba land has been amassing signatories.

The petition was started by one Oludare Yerokun for the Yoruba Referendum Committee, and to the governors and members of the Houses of Assembly in Oyo, Lagos, Osun, Ogun, Ondo and Ekiti states.

The petition which is aimed at getting 15, 000 signatories, has, at the time of filing this report garnered 10, 864 signatories.

According to the petition, the group is calling for a referendum that will bring about true federalism in the country in which Nigeria will be governed by members of a Federal Presidential Council.

The group said its activities are aimed at popularizing the idea of restructuring among the people of the South-West region such that the people will influence the decision-makers in bringing this to reality.

It further stated that members of the Houses of Assembly in the six states owe it a duty to the Yoruba Nation to re-establish the Sovereignty of the People by passing a bill for a referendum into law.

The petition reads, “Whereas the question may be asked as to why a Yoruba Referendum when the 1999 Constitution is being amended, expected to result in ‘devolution’, ‘fiscal federalism’, reduction of ‘exclusive legislative lists’ being touted as the solution to Yoruba (and Nigeria’s) Underdevelopment…

“What We Want: (a) A Federal Nigeria, through a valid Federal Constitution, to be known as The Union of Nigerian Constituent Nationalities, with a Federal Presidential Council, whose members will be selected or elected from each of the Nationalities as Federating Units and from whom a Head of State will be selected or elected as the primus-inter-pares with an agreed term.

“(b) YORUBALAND, geo-politically known as the ODUDUWA REGION and consisting of the present states of Ekiti, Eko, Ogun, Ondo, Osun, Oyo and all Oodua lands in Kwara, Kogi, Edo and Delta States to become an AUTONOMOUS Nation in a UNION OF NIGERIAN CONSTITUENT NATIONALITIES and recognizing all persons in the Diaspora, of African descent who claim Oduduwa/Yoruba ancestry, either through cultural affiliation or genealogical connection.

“(c) The Central Government of the Union shall have no power to interfere nor intervene in the affairs of the ODUDUWA REGION, save as shall be agreed to by three-quarters of the members of the Region’s Parliament.

“(d) There shall be a Division of the Federal Armed Forces in the Region, 90% of which personnel shall be indigenes of the Region. The Divisional commander shall be an indigene of the Oduduwa Region.

“(e) ODUDUWA Region shall adopt a Parliamentary System of government. This Parliament shall have the power to make laws governing taxes, duties, excise, payment of debt, etc. It shall have the power to make laws governing the sourcing of funds on behalf of the Region and to regulate commerce with the co-prosperity spheres within the Union of Nigeria.

“This Parliament shall have the power to establish Regional Police Service with responsibility to investigate Regional crimes. This Police Service shall have no superintending control over the Provincial and Council Police service, but shall coordinate activities at the Regional, Provincial and Local council levels.

“(f) The Judicial power of the Region shall be vested in the Supreme Court, Court of Appeal, High Court, Customary Court and Other lower courts as the Parliament may establish. There shall be a Court of Appeal in each of the provinces. There shall be, in each province, a High Court from which appeals shall lie to the Court of Appeal and Supreme Court.

“(g) Oodua Customary forms of land ownership shall be respected. Exploitation of mineral resources shall be the prerogative of the host community without prejudice to the right of the Local, Provincial and Regional Governments to levy appropriate taxes for the welfare of the people of Oodua land and without prejudice to the right of the Federal Government to levy taxes.”

In an interview with SaharaReporters, a member of the Committee, Shenge Rahman Akanbi said one of the demands of the committee is the establishment of a Federal Presidential Council in Nigeria which will comprise of representatives of each nationality to enhance greater participation.

He said: “Yoruba Referendum Committee is a group on its own, it was brought into being to create awareness and campaign for the popularisation of the need to have popular acceptance of the question of restructuring of Nigeria. Of course, it cannot be done in a violent manner nor can it be done by the unilateral declaration of just one person or a group of persons.

“The question of self-determination of any people will only come as a result of the self-exercise for self-liberation of the people, not the pompous or arrogant declaration of a few persons. The people must be involved.

“We are not secessionists, the content of the flyer shows what we want to do to get popular approval by way of a referendum of the real federalisation of Nigeria and we cannot wish away the existence of the political establishment: governors, legislature and political forces while seeing the people as a dominant factor in this process.

“It is left for the political forces to align with the demands of the people when we have actually got our people to accept the idea to seek a referendum in such a manner that it will be impossible for the political contestants in Yoruba land to disregard or show indifference to the real question of the day — self-determination.

“We have seen series of examples like this in Catalonia, Ireland, Scotland, of course, ours is a non-violent one.

“From the benefits outlined in the flyer, we said we want Nigeria to be governed by a Federal Presidential Council instead of one single president. Each region will choose its candidate in the Presidential council and you will discover that over the years, one single federal election at the centre has always been a cause for a terrible struggle to outdo each other which has always involved mindless violence, killing, abuse of power and occasional cause to the extermination of opposition forces and we think enough is enough.”

News

Tragedy: A 4-year-old boy shoots himself to death with his father’s gun while his mother was smoking weed in the car

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After finding his father’s gun in the backseat of a car, a four-year-old boy accidentally shot himself in the head.

When tragedy struck in the city of Westwego, near New Orleans, USA, Jarion Walker was sitting in the back seat with his two younger siblings, aged 22 months and one year.

According to authorities, his mother was in the front seat smoking weed with another adult when the boy picked up the gun.

On Saturday, Jan 29, around 10:45 p.m., Jarion was rushed to the hospital and died of his injuries.

Coroner Gerry Cvitanovich described the wound as “a contact wound to the forehead, right above the right eyebrow.”

Although no arrests have been made, detectives have confirmed that an investigation will be conducted.

“I don’t think it was appropriate to make an arrest at this point,” Mr Lopinto said.

“They just lost a child, and it wasn’t on purpose in the least.”

Insecurity

Terrorists invades Niger police station, kill 3 officers, free informant

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There seems no end in sight regarding the security challenges in Niger State, as gunmen continue attacks on more communities across the state.

No fewer than 15 communities have fallen under their control in the last 48 hours, three policemen were killed, while scores of villagers were abducted.

Among those abducted in the village-to-village raid by the gunmen in Kafinkoro area of Paikoro Local Government Area was a village head and four of his children.

An unspecified number of the villagers, including five women, was also abducted across six communities in the local government and they are still being held in a location within the area.

The three policemen were killed at Ishau, under Kafinkoro division of the Nigeria Police Force, when the gunmen in their numbers invaded the station to free an informant who was arrested earlier.

Although the state police command has not commented on the matter, our correspondent gathered that the deceased policemen were buried yesterday in their respective villages in Kafinkoro and Kuta, the headquarters of Shiroro LGA.

Among communities under siege by gunmen are Zubakpere, Kuna, Aboloso, Kudami, Dakolon Daji, Nugwazi, Amale, Adunu, Ishau and parts of Beni.

Following the sustained attacks by the gunmen in the last three days, about 15 communities have been sacked and this has swelled the number of internally displaced persons (IDP) in Kafinkoro (Paikoro LGA), Gwada and Zumba, Shiroro LGA.

Lifestyle

Atiku’s wife gives reasons for divorcing ex-vice president, clarifies row over assets

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Jennifer, one of the wives of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, has confirmed her divorce to the former presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party.

In a statement obtained on Tuesday, the ex-VP’s wife explained that she didn’t request divorce because Atiku married a new wife.

“That His Excellency married a new wife was never the cause of our problem as many have said. His Excellency is a Muslim and I have never questioned him about his wives or intended,” she said.

According to her, some of Atiku’s friends tried to mediate and stop the divorce but their efforts failed.

Jennifer explained that “the core reason for the divorce was disagreement over my continued stay in the United Kingdom” among other “long-standing issues”.

She also claimed that Atiku had requested to collect an asset previously given to her, adding that the property in Dubai is a subject of litigation.

The estranged wife added, “During the initial mediation discussion, His Excellency denied that he gifted the house (matrimonial home in Asokoro); even after I showed him the document with the signatures of his aide, His Excellency asked me to give him the deed of gift.

“’When I asked him, where will I and the kids stay when we come to Nigeria?’, he told me that since I am the one that asked for a divorce, I should find a place to stay, and subsequently, I moved out.”

Atiku has yet to make any public statement on the issue as of the time of filing this report.

Also, efforts to get his aides to react to the claims made by Jennifer failed.

Crime

Banditry: I killed over 20, but I’ve repented now — 21-yr-old arrested Turji’s boy confesses

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The 21-year-old suspected terrorist, Naziru Sani, working under the camp of Bello Turji, a notorious terrorist, on the police wanted list for acts of terrorism has confessed to killing over 20 persons in several attacks across Nigeria’s northwest.

Sani, a resident of Makera Village in Tsafe Local Government Area of Zamfara State was arrested along Jabiri Quarters in Funtua LGA, Katsina based on credible intelligence report, SP Gambo disclosed

According to the suspect, “I have been involved in communities’ attacks under the command of my boss, Turji and I have killed over 20 persons in the past but I have repented now.”

Speaking in Hausa, Sani said: “I am Bello Turji’s boy. I work under his command.

“I have been involved in communities’ attacks under the command of my boss, Turji and I have killed over 20 persons in the past but I have repented now.

I ran away from Jangebe forest in Zamfara where Turji is currently hibernating for my dear life. The Police arrested me at Funtua, while I was trying to find my way to Suleja, Niger State where my parents live. I left my wife and children there in Makera Village in Tsafe LGA, Zamfara.

When quizzed on how many of them are under Turji’s camp and how much they are paid for every attack, Sani said, “we are very many. I don’t know the exact number but we are in hundred’s and I get between N20000 to N30000 after every operation.”

While briefing the press on the arrest, SP Gambo Isah said:

“Based on credible intelligence, the command succeeded in arresting one Naziru Sani of Makera village, Tsafe LGA of Zamfara state, a notorious bandit terrorizing Katsina and its environs.

Nemesis caught up with the suspect when a team of Policemen along Jabiri Quarters, Funtua LGA of the state arrested him.

In the course of the investigation, the suspect confessed to being under the leadership of “BELLO TURJI”, who has been on the commands’ wanted list and have participated in many attacks on innocent communities in Katsina, Zamfara and Sokoto state killing many people. The investigation is ongoing.”

Politics

2023: Atiku Dumps Peter Obi, Picks Wike As Running Mate

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Sources say Atiku’s decision to dump Obi was because he allegedly made little financial contributions to the 2019 campaign purse as well as inability to win his state Anambra and the South East for the party in the presidential election.

“Prior to the 2019 election, Governor Peter Obi didn’t have a strong political structure outside the South East. People just loved him because of his vast knowledge of the economy, winning an election goes beyond all that.

“To successfully run an election in this country you need money, connection, strong and vast political structure, etc, and these you find in abundance in Nyesom Wike. He is a good material any day and that’s not the kind of man you leave behind, especially if you want to win election in Nigeria,” according to a source close to the Atiku campaign team.