Judas of Oduduwa – Sheikh Gumi Blast Fani-Kayode over defection to APC
Controversial Kaduna-based Islamic scholar, Sheikh Gumi, has slammed former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode over his defection to the All Progressives Congress, APC.
Fani-Kayode, who had been a great critic of the Buhari-led administration, joined APC on Thursday after he was received by the President at the State House, Abuja.
Gumi, reacting, shared a throwback statement by Fani-Kayode in 2018 saying he would rather die than join the APC or bow to President Muhammadu Buhari.
Gumi said he had long neglected the rantings of Fani-Kayode, knowing fully well that he is a traitor and fake.
He described the former minister as a Yoruba Judas and a traitor.
His post on Facebook read, “I have for long neglected the rantings of the Judas of Oduduwa attacking me knowing fully well that he is fake and a traitor.
“Time has now caught up with him and thanks to Allah, all his vituperations are cast in the dustbin of merciless history.
“It’s him now one wonders which of the seven circles of hell this duper will settle if he doesn’t repent.”
Yahoo Boy In Police Net After Failed Attempt To Pluck Mother’s Eye For ‘Ritual’
A young man identified as Emma Ereegarnoma has attempting trying to pluck out his mother’s eyes for money rituals to buy Benz in Delta State.
According to reports, the suspect who had planned to kill his mother before plucking out her eyes had invited her to his residence on Tuesday, September 14. It was gathered that the petty trader met her son in a very joyous mood with loud music playing from his home theatre.
After he welcomed her, he locked the door and tried to strangle her. Her cries for help were submerged in the loud music from the speakers. However, she used her last strength to break free and fled outside where neighbours rescued her, apprehended the son and handed him over to the police.
According to Joseph Adjari, the victim narrated that before the incident, her son had been boasting about his need to drive Benz GLK this week. She added that her son is currently cooling his feet in the Orerokpe police station while she receives medical care at a hospital in Okuokoko.
In other news, a woman has poured hot water on her boyfriend’s wife after she constantly antagonized her over their affair.
Precious Ahanonu, the girlfriend met Aremu Moshood when he employed her to manage a fish pond business. They started having an affair after a while and he rented a room and parlour apartment for her, Linda Ikeji Blog reports.
BREAKING: Boko Haram Strikes Again, Ambush Army convoy, kills 12 soldiers In Borno
Military sources on the frontlines revealed that the insurgents attacked a convoy of armed soldiers travelling between Monguno and Maiduguri on Thursday morning.
Boko Haram insurgents on Thursday ambushed a Nigerian Army convoy in Borno, killing at least 12 soldiers before carting away cash and weapons.
Military sources on the frontlines told Peoples Gazette that the insurgents attacked a convoy of armed soldiers travelling between Monguno and Maiduguri on Thursday morning.
The identities of the soldiers were not immediately obtained by The Gazette, and a spokesman for the Nigerian Army was unavailable for comments about the incident.
People’s Gazette saw the remains of two officers and 10 soldiers who lost their lives after the unexpected gun battle. The bodies were packed in pickup trucks bound for a medical centre in Maiduguri.
Several soldiers were wounded and received first aid near the scene of the attack, according to sources and pictures shared with The Gazette.
The insurgents also reportedly made away with three gun trucks and rifles seized from the soldiers, as well as millions of naira in cash.
The Gazette could not immediately confirm the actual amount. But it is not unusual for violent criminals to attack an armed military convoy and seize cash and weapons.
In April, armed bandits attacked a military convoy in Benue, dislodging troops before carting away N28 million cash and weapons, military sources told The Gazette at the time.
An army spokesman said the matter would be investigated, but no outcome had been publicly disclosed five months later.
The attack came as the military intensified its push to integrate insurgents back into the society, saying the Boko Haram members turned themselves in after accepting the state’s victory in the decade-long war.
The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Abdulrasheed Bawa slumped at the third National Identity Day celebration at the Banquet Hall Villa.
It was gathered that the chairman was delivering his goodwill speech when he suddenly stopped, staggered back to his seat and laid down.
The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Professor Isa Pantami and other dignitaries held him, after sometime he was guided out of the hall.
President Buhari, FIFA President Mr Gianni Infantino Meets In Aso Rock
President Muhamadu Buhari received a presentation from FIFA President Mr Gianni Infantino alongside CAF President Dr Patrice Motsepe and Sports Minister Sunday Dare during a courtesy visit in State House on 16th Sep 2021.
This was Made known by the Senior special adviser to the president on media and publicity Mr Femi Adesina on his verified Facebook page.
Former Lagos SSG’s Wife Named New LASU Vice Chancellor
Prof (Mrs) Ibiyemi Olatunji-Bello has been appointed as the ninth substantive Vice Chancellor of the Lagos State University(LASU).
The Professor of Medicine had served as Acting Vice Chancellor of the institution before her elevation.
She is the wife of the Secretary to the Lagos State government, Tunji Bello.
Born in Lagos on the 23 of April 1964 into the family of Chief and Mrs Eniola Ibidapo, from Owo in Ondo State, Mrs Olatunji Bello had her primary education at the Anglican Girls Primary School and secondary education at the Lagos Anglican Girls Grammar School both in Surulere and Lagos State College of Science and Technology.
She proceeded to the University of Ibadan where she bagged a Bsc in Physiology.
Ibiyemi took up a job as a lecturer and rose through the ranks in the College of Medicine of the University of Lagos, Idiaraba.
She assumed duty as the first Professor of Physiology in Lagos State University College of Medicine on 2 October, 2007.
Her husband, Tunji Bello, served as the Secretary to the Lagos State Government under the administration of Governor Akinwunmi Ambode.
He is currently the Commissioner for Environment under the Babajide Sanwo-Olu-led administration.
BREAKING: APC Promises Jonathan Presidential Ticket Ahead Of 2023 Election
The All Progressives Congress, APC has stated that they will allow Ex-President, Goodluck Jonathan contest for the 2023 Presidency if he becomes a member of the party.
This was revealed by the National Secretary, APC Caretaker, and Extra-ordinary Convention Planning Committee, John Akpanudoedehe during an interview on Channels Television’s ‘Politics Today’ on Wednesday.
He made this comment while discussing speculations that Jonathan is considering to join the ruling party.
He added that the ex-president will also be granted a founding member status if he joins.
He also clarified that Jonathan would not get an automatic ticket as he will vie with other members of the party before getting the ticket.
“The last National Executive Council of the party actually gave a blanket approval to any individual that if you join APC today, it is as if you are a founding member of the party.”
“So, anyone who joins today has the same opportunity to run for any office in this party. It has always been so, so I am not speculating,” he said.
Passengers get off from a privately owned Iranian airline Mahan Air flight at the airport in Kabul on September 15, 2021 Afghanistan
Passengers get off from a privately owned Iranian airline Mahan Air flight at the airport in Kabul on September 15, 2021
Iran on Wednesday resumed commercial flights to neighbouring Afghanistan, where the Taliban took control last month.
“Today Mahan Air carried passengers between Mashhad and Kabul airport,” Fars news agency reported, referring to Iran’s second-largest city, in the northeast, and the Afghan capital.
“At present, this airliner is returning to Mashhad with passengers.”
It was the first such flight between the two countries since the return of the Taliban to power on August 15.
The Iranian civil aviation agency had announced the interruption of flights to Kabul on August 16 for security reasons.
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Previously, Mahan Air had operated two flights per week between Mashhad and Kabul.
Mahan Air, the second largest Iranian airline after the state-owned Iran Air, has been on the blacklist of entities targeted by US sanctions against Iran since 2011.
According to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, the Islamic republic hosts more than 3.46 million Afghans, most of them refugees or illegal immigrants, representing more than four percent of Iran’s population.
Buhari urges media to ignore Yoruba Nation, IPOB agitators at UN
The Federal Government of Nigeria has appealed to Nigerian media houses to focus on core issues as President Muhammadu Buhari addresses the 76th Session of the high-level General Debate of the UN General Assembly at the UN headquarters in New York on Tuesday, 26th of September, 2021.
President Buhari who is billed to be the fourth speaker at the event, will deliver his address at 2pm (WAT).
The Presidency in a statement on Wednesday, condemned the Yoruba Nation agitators for affiliating themselves with the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), who have been designated a terrorist organisation.
The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, revealed this in a statement on Wednesday, adding that the Buhari-administration will continue in its fight against insurgency which has raged the Northeast and Northwest regions of Nigeria.
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The statement read:
“Appeal to media to focus on core issues as President Buhari goes to the United Nations
“For Nigerian diaspora groups to use the world’s largest platform – the United Nations General Assembly – to garner attention to their causes is not unexpected. It was, however shocking, to see “Yoruba Nation” advocates yesterday unequivocally throw their lot in with Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). IPOB is a designated terrorist organisation.
“It has now publicly revealed a 50,000 strong paramilitary organisation. It regularly murders security services and innocent civilians, with a significant uptick of violent attacks this year. And it is currently attempting to hold Nigerian states hostage with orders to stay at home under threat of terror. Without doubt, Nigerians and the entire world will judge Yoruba Nation by the company it keeps. No one can take seriously this organisation if it continues its IPOB association.
“When their allies systematically trample human rights, it raises sober questions about their claims to uphold the values of the UN. The cooperation is a worrying development, once parsed with Yoruba Nation’s increasingly violent rallies in Nigeria. Actions and associations speak louder than words. Yoruba Nation’s talk of human rights promotion must therefore be ignored.
“Meanwhile, the Nigerian government will continue its work at the UN- to fight against corruption and illicit financial flows, and international cooperation. If we want to see stolen funds returned to their rightful home in Nigeria, the government must continue to campaign for and coordinate global action on asset recovery.
“The government will remain the leading regional actor in the fight against global terror – particularly against threats emanating from the Sahel. Through the Nigerian Technical Aid Corps programme, the country also shares technical expertise with countries from the Caribbean, Africa and the Pacific. At the same time, the administration is implementing a programme of environmental sustainability to combat developments which destroys Nigerian communities in vulnerable regions.
“Only through the 2030 Agenda on Sustainable Development can we secure a prosperous future for Nigeria. As the largest country in Africa, the government takes seriously its leadership role and will continue to strive for continental unity, cooperation, and shared prosperity. Our expectation is therefore for the media to work with the government to focus attention on the core issues the President, the leader of the country has on his programme.
