Information says the 90 years old Emir of Daura has taken a 21 years old lady as his new bride. If you could recall, Daura is the home town of president’ Buhari, Katsina where banditry and kidnapping have become culture.
A report gives a very modest estimate of people killed by bandits in the last 11 months at over 3,000 and those kidnapped not less than 2,000 in northern Nigeria. As I said that is a very modest estimate.
Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Leo Irabor has ordered 50 Generals in the Nigerian military to tender their resignation with immediate effect.
They cut across the Air Force, Army and Navy; around 25 of the senior officers are in the Army.
At a 2pm meeting, the CDS thanked them for their service and told all present that it was high time they left office.
But the Course 36 Generals still have more than three years before their retirement.
“They are about 50; 2 of them in the Army will retire in 2022, while the rest have about 3 and half years left in service”, the source revealed.
Another source wondered why the Armed Forces are eager to ease out scores of capable and experienced hands at a time the country is battling insecurity.
Zainab Naseer Ahmad, one of the conveners of protest against insecurity in Kano, has dissociated herself from the ongoing protest after she was invited for questioning by the State Security Service, SSS.
“I want to let people know that from today I’m dissociating myself from the protest that started today, I’m kindly advising my Kano people to stay away from tomorrow’s protest,” Ms Ahmad said.
“I heard about the plans to hijack and cause chaos for some political interest. I advice us to stay at home for our SAFETY. I was invited for a discussion by the DSS It is not about me or you rather the interest of the state,” she added
Scores of youths on Friday marched across states in the North in frustration over the worsening insecurity that has beset the region.
In the region’s most populous state, Kano, hordes of youth demonstrated against the horrible death of 23 people killed in Sokoto.
“Following the report filed by Mr President’s Media Aides, Mallam Garba Shehu, Femi Adesina and Lauretta Onochie based on the ongoing media propaganda being propelled by the proscribed terrorist group IPOB, the Federal Government has decided to regulate the number of Social Media Pages aimed at bringing bad reputation to the country.
“The Media seminar which was held at the Aso Villa equally avail us with the necessary steps to take in order to bring sanity to our media forum.
“IPOB propagandist has done more harm than good in this country via their daily lies and deceit all over the internet. It was this same IPOB that made twitter delete the speech of Mr President and if such a thing is allowed, Nigeria will automatically become a lawless country.
“I thank the Media Aides of Mr President Mallam Garba Shehu, Femi Adesina and Lauretta Onochie for coming up with such decision and recommendations and we promise to act on it as fast as possible. The Honourable Minister of Communications will be duly communicated to follow it up with all the Social Media Owners operating in Nigeria.
A lady on Facebook, Oghenetejiri Charity took to a Facebook group to share screenshots of her chat with a pastor, Emiaso Oke Emir who cursed her for refusing to give him phone number he requested for.
According to the lady, when she refused giving the alledged pastor her number he started saying;
“By the authority and power invested in me by God as a man who ruleth over the world and has dominion over the earth, you shall di.e without a husband”
As revealed in the chats, the pastor also went further to insult her parents and generations saying it will not be well with them.
The bible says by their fruits you shall know them.How can one called a pastor (shepherd) turn around to bear a devilish fruit or daily obey his fleshly impulses,and yet you keep calling him a pastor?we need to know the differences by being prayerful and rich in the word of God.collosians3:16
The Court of Appeal sitting in Akure, the Ondo State capital, has upturned the life imprisonment conviction against Prophet Babatunde Alfa over the disappearance of one-year-old Gold Kolawole in his Church in November 2019.
The court acquitted the Prophet of conspiring, aiding and abetting the disappearance of Gold Kolawole in his church.
Alfa is the Founder of Sotitobire Praising Chapel with headquarters in Akure, the Ondo state capital.
Recall that an Ondo State High court had sentenced the Prophet to life imprisonment over the disappearance of Gold Kolawole in his church in 2019.
Prophet Alfa then appealed the judgement of the High Court, asking the Court of Appeal court to nullify his life sentence conviction.
Delivering judgement on behalf of other judges, Justice Gamma Barka ruled that the circumstantial evidence the high court based its judgement on was not enough to convict him.
Justice Barka, therefore, discharged and acquitted Prophet Alfa of the offence.
A group of bandits has written to the Christian community in Zamfara State, Northwest Nigeria to close churches or risk ferocious attacks, SaharaReporters has exclusively learnt.
The Zamfara State police command has confirmed the threat to SaharaReporters, saying, “We are on top of the threat.”
Spokesperson for the command, DSP Mohammed Shehu, told our correspondent that the police were aware of the threat letter.
He said, “Yes, I can confirm that it’s true, a threat letter was sent to the Christians in Zamfara State to stop worship and to close churches.
“Actually the police informed the Christian leaders about the threat.
“Accordingly the CP has invited the leadership of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in the state to discuss security measures around the churches.
“In that regard, a special squad has been created by the CP to patrol and protect worshippers, especially on Sundays.
“Additionally, plain-clothes personnel have been deployed for intelligence gathering and to unravel those behind the threat letter,” he said.
This afternoon, I visited my brother, Maazi Nnamdi Kanu in DSS custody , Abuja . I met him in good health and care and we discussed as ‘Umunne’. In 2001 when I was Governor, I made his father Eze Israel Okwu Kanu
traditional ruler of Akwara Ukwu and since then the family has been very close to me .
I understand that Nnamdi has an insane amount of people rooting for his back home and I encouraged him to consider the consequences of certain actions and utterances for the sake of the same people.
Even though, my ideology and his ideology are totally different , God has made us brothers and we can’t run away from each other. I owe him and Nigerians good counseling …Whether he and his family listens to me or not, I will continue counseling him as I have always done in the past. What we need most is a peaceful and secured society.
Award-winning singer, David Adeleke, also known as Davido, has been beckoned upon by a group, called Support Group for Nigerian Orphans (AGNO), to carry orphans in the northern part of the country along while disbursing his earmarked N250 million to orphanages.
The group led by its chairman, Salisu Waziri Ibrahim, made the call on Sunday in Jalingo, the Taraba State capital, saying that extending the gesture to northern orphanages would go a long way in addressing the numerous challenges they are facing.
The group said it has become necessary for them to remind Davido of his roots.
Davido, he said, was born in the north, but hardly visits and is not in touch with some realities.
They said, “we have numerous orphans in this part of the country that can not raise their voices unless for some of us the NGOs that have been speaking for them” stressing that “many of them have been in camps.”
Recall that Davido has said the N250 million he received from fans, friends and families as donations would be given out to orphanage homes spread across the country.
Innocent Chukwuma, chairman, Innoson Group, says he is waiting to take over the assets of Guaranty Trust Bank (GTB) due to “non-payment of his N32 billion”.
Chukwuma, in an interview with journalists on Tuesday, said the money owed him by the bank would soon surpass their capacity.
“I will run it better than them. If they cannot pay me, I have no choice but to take over the management.”
naomithebossblog 