Veteran comic Yoruba Nollywood actor Olaniyi Afonja popularly known as Sanyeri has wowed many Nigerians with videos of his children that surfaced online.
Sanyeri is a household name in the Yoruba genre of Nollywood and has left many lovers of indigenous movies glued to him due to his funny character.
Unarguably, Sanyeri’s level of education is a major hindrance in his career, as it restricts him from taking up major English-speaking roles.
However, a video of Sanyeri’s children that surfaced online shows they are currently living outside Nigeria.
For someone who had faced some limitations because of his education, Sanyeri decided to change the narrative and many Nigerians were left speechless with the video of his children.
The video captured the kids of the veteran. actor pleading with fans to support their father by subscribing to his Youtube Channel
Reacting to the video, many Nigerians claimed that Sanyeri married a beautiful wife to produce such cute children and every kid deserve a better life than the parents.
rich___kinging wrote: “He changed the generation”.
unified_wale wrote: “He actually married a very beautiful wife”.
naimafit_ wrote: “Woooow your kids deserve better lives _ because you struggled don’t mean you treat them with comparison or allow them go through the same . It’s was your decision to BIRTH THEM so TAKE CARE OF THEM WELL … I’m impressed”.
pappyfaiithgram wrote: “Aww I’m so happy for this man , Daddy didn’t fine but Him Pinkin like am”.
The Governor of Ekiti State, Kayode Fayemi on Tuesday visited his counterpart, Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State as part of his consultation in order to emerge as the President of Nigeria in 2023.
Naija News had earlier reported that the Chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum declared his intention to contest under the All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2023.
Fayemi in a post on his Facebook account on Wednesday revealed that he visited Governor Ganduje and the Governor of Nasarawa State, Abdullahi Sule on Tuesday.
According to the Ekiti State Governor, he visited the APC Governors for further consultations regarding the APC Presidential Primary election.
Fayemi also met the former Governor of Benue State and Minister of Special Duties and Inter-Governmental Affairs, George Akume.
He said, “The meetings provided an avenue to listen to and exchange ideas on the best approaches to advance the frontiers of the national agenda.”
Fayemi would be hoping to clinch the presidential ticket of the ruling party ahead of the likes of the National Leader of the party, Bola Tinubu, Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello and several other aspirants in the party.
Former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo has opined that Nigeria needs men and women of integrity to improve the country’s economy.
Obasanjo stated this on Tuesday at the global crusade of the Deeper Life Bible Church in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital.
According to Obasanjo Nigeria and the entire world needs God’s help and urged everyone to seek divine intervention.
The former Head of State said Noah stood out, as well as Job, whom God described as a man of great integrity.
“Nigeria needs such men of integrity at this present moment”.
Olusegun Obasanjo added that despite the current situation in Nigeria, everything will be well.
He said: “If you consider what is going on in our States, our country, West Africa, our continent and indeed our globe, our world requires a crusade of this nature”.
“I believe that because of men and women of such virtue in Nigeria, God will open his eyes and have mercy on this country”.
Meanwhile ahead of the 2023 election notable chieftains of the All Progressive Congress Party including the vice president, Yemi Osinbajo and Asiwaju Bola Tinubu have declared their intentions.
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday night met with the national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
The duo as at the time of filing in this report are meeting at the Presidential Villa in Abuja.
Although the reason for the meeting was not made know, this online newspaper understands that it may not be unconnected to Tinubu’s 2023 presidential ambition.
The APC leader was the first presidential aspirant in the ruling party to consult the sitting president about his political ambition.
The United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has arrived Nigeria for a bilateral meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration, religious leaders and private sector to discuss impact of the Russia/Ukraine war.
The UN office in Nigeria announced his arrival in a tweet on Tuesday, adding that he will also travel to Maiduguri to see those displaced by terrorism.
“UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres arrives Nigeria, meets with Borno State Governor, ProfZulum and IDPs in #Maiduguri. He will have an audience with @NGRPresident , Vice President, religious leaders, women, and the private sector representatives, among others,” the UN tweeted.
Before Guterres’ visit to Africa, he had travelled to Russia and Ukraine in a bid to convince both parties to stop the war which began on February 22.
Part of the reasons he presented before the Russia Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergei Lavrov was that African countries are witnessing unusual increase in prices in food and energy.
“We are interested in everything that can be done to minimize the impact ( of the war) in different parts of the world.
“I will be going to Africa after this visit, we are witnessing the dramatic impacts of the war in the situations that we have in countries that already face the covid, that face the uneven access to resources after the covid in very unfair way that international financial system works and now with the increase of prices. I have a deep interest to end the war,” he had said.
Nigeria is the third country he is visiting after Niger Republic and Senegal.
A late night fire incident has reportedly ravaged valuable materials and properties at the office of the Independent National Electoral Commission in Zamfara State.
Naija News learnt that the office of the electoral body located at the Kaura Namoda Local Government Area of the state gutted fire at about 9 pm on Monday (yesterday).
There was, however, no report of any casualty from the incident.
The PUNCH reports that officials of the state fire service responded to the incident immediately but could not put out the raging fire due to the lack of water in their firetruck.
INEC authorities in the region and the national level are yet to make an official statement about the happening at the time this report is given, Naija News reports.
Also, the Zamfara State Police Command is yet to confirm the incident.
The Chief of Defense Staff (CDS), General Leo Irabor, has lamented the rising number of military personnel assisting and abetting terrorists and bandits in the country.
The commanders of various operations were also instructed by the general to sensitize their officers on the implications of collaborating with terrorists in a letter.
“Recent happenings in various TOOs reveal an increase in cases of aiding and abetting by personnel. This development was revealed in different reports of arrests of military personnel within a short period of time,” the letter signed on behalf of the CDS by one CE Oji read.
“It would be recalled that a soldier was arrested by a covert intelligence Team for conniving with a confirmed terrorists informant known as Babagana Kura in Bama LGA, Borno State.
“The arrests of these personnel are indicative of inside action that has continued to aid the adversary, pertinently with immediate or potential impact on operations.”
Recall, a Nigerian Army battalion instructor, Lance Corporal Abdullahi Jibrin, in Geidam, Yobe State, committed suicide after being apprehended for conspiring with terrorists who recently attacked Yobe communities.
Jibrin, who had vanished from his post, was seen among the Boko Haram insurgents who had stormed Geidam town earlier.
The soldier was tracked by army intelligence and discovered in Gashua, hundreds of kilometres away from his service station, according to military authorities.
Kingsley ‘Kanunta’ Kanu, brother of Nnamdi Kanu, founder of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) on Tuesday, told the international community that the Nigerian Government has been “misleading” them.
Kingsley was reacting to the non-stop mindless killings being witnessed in the southeast region, particularly Imo and Anambra states.
Many people were left shocked this week when assailants recently killed two soldiers at an unknown location in Imo State, a policeman, two brothers and two others in Anambra State.
Although security agents often allege that those behind the senseless killings are members of the secessionist group, IPOB, and its security arm, Eastern Security Network (ESN), IPOB has always denied being responsible for the attacks.
“Everything #IPOB is accusing @HQNigerianArmy, @PoliceNG and #DSS of doing is verifiable. The epicenter of these crimes are Imo state, where @Govhopeuzodinma is governing. @StateDept @FCDOGovUK @EU_Commission @CanadianPM @LeahHardingAJE @JohnKingCNN, @GovNigeria is misleading you,” Kingsley wrote on his known Twitter handle.
The West African Examination Council (WAEC) has released the official WAEC Timetable for May/June SSCE Exams for Senior School leaving students.
The exam will commence from 9th May to 28th June 2022.
The Exam body hereby urges candidates to abide by the rules and regulations guiding the conduct of the examination by shunning all acts of malpractice and obeying all Covid-19 protocols that have been put in place at the examination centres.
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The General Overseer of Champions Royal Assembly, Prophet Joshua Iginla has spoken on the 2023 presidency and where he feels the next president of Nigeria should come from.The amiable clergy stated that his opinion was borne out of the love for the country and the unity and practice of true federalism in the nation.
In a live service at his Abuja church, the popular man of God noted that not everyone vying for the post of the presidency carries the light for Nigeria, explaining that electorate have also been blindfolded by money that can deceive the nation from picking true leaders.
He stated that the unity is Nigeria is non-negotiable and if truly the country wants unity, the next president of Nigeria should come from South East being the most deprived region since the inception of a democratic government in the country.
He explained that the agitations coming from the South East region is a result of being sidelined over the years and that to balance it, the next president of Nigerian should come from the region.
‘’Everybody wants to become president but how many how them carry the light for Nigeria and those that carry the light, the electorate might not want to elect them because they don’t see the light, they see money and money is a deception that cannot make us pick true leaders.Whether you are a delegate or an electorate, Why sell your votes for peanuts to a man that will slave you for the next four years? The problem of Nigeria isn’t the problem of we not knowing truth, we know truth but we prefer to walk in darkness rather than truth.’’
‘’When we are talking about the unity of this country which is non-negotiable yet what is the problem? How do you enter a marriage agreement and one side of the region is suffering yet you don’t allow them to produce president, then you are complaining about agitation, why will they not agitate? The south east have been so deprived, you cannot be talking about one nigeria when everytime you want to pick a president, you say the Igbo man isn’t qualified yet you want them to be in the marriage, this is the problem of the Biafra agitation, if you cannot solve that problem, you will still have more Nnamdi Kanu agitating.’’
‘’I’m a Yoruba man but why would the south west continue to be in power, why will the north continue to be in power then the major language you tell them is you don’t trust them, if you don’t trust them then why are you keeping them? Leave them, let them go, give them the opportunity to prove themselves. ‘’
Also, the man of God spoke on the continued detention of IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu. He postulated that he is not in support of the division of this country but advised the government to release him to unite the country even in the midst of this gross division. He frowned at the decision of the government to give presidential pardon to some known criminals and Boko Haram repentant without considering Nnamdi Kanu who only agitated for the independence of a region as a result of being sidelined
‘’Every regime has its own achievement, for me, as a citizen, we are so divided now, there is a tiny line between Unity and disunity. Of recent, I read in the news that the government of the day granted some prisoners presidential pardon, that’s a welcome idea but sometimes I ask myself if those ideas are factors in the unity of this country, while you are giving people presidential pardon, why can’t you give people like Nnamdi Kanu? A pardon that can unite the country, if the Igbos are aggrieved, we have to do things that can make this country united. An average igbo man will tell you that he doesn’t think he’s part of this country, we are more disunited in this country. ‘’
‘’I’m not an igbo man but this is what is burning in my mind, if people who are stealing money in the country can be given presidential pardon, if people killed and are called repentant Boko haram, why will someone crying for independence of a region not be given pardon and called for dialogue? I just wonder, it is only in Nigeria we see truth like this and turn it the other way, we speak political grammar and look away.’’
Furthermore, Prophet Joshua Iginla urged youths in the country to make use of the strength to bring a change in the country. He frowned at their involvement in social vices which he described as energy channeled towards the wrong direction. He asserted that the youths in the country can determine the next president of Nigeria if they channel the energy well because they have the numbers.
‘’if you look at the population of the youth, you will discover that the youths can determine the person who becomes the president of this country but where do they reign? On social media. Millions of youth will vote on one show but when it comes to our country, all we do is criticize pastors? Pastors are not incharge of the economy and it’s fine that they criticize pastors so we can check ourselves but can they check the government very well? The reason ladies sleep with dogs and young men go into fraud is because the government has failed. The power of the youths can influence but they major on the minor and minor on the major.’’
‘’When you abuse men of God, can you sit down to say we can go this way? I saw a movement during the #ENDSARS protest and I saw how the youth organized themselves, that’s energy okay not energy channeled in the right direction. If the energy rallies around a genuine youth, we will be talking about the third force that can checkmate the two major parties but what is the problem, the youths still don’t understand when we say you are the future of tomorrow, we need to pray for the youth of this country.’’
‘’There is a cutoff between the younger generation and the older generation and I will not blame the older generation but the youths of this country don’t understand what it means to take over, rule, and influence because the direction we are travelling is not to influence, if we abuse the older generation, what is the light that the young generations have shown that they are competent enough to peform more than the older generation? What are we doing in scamming, fraud, engaging in several social vices? Channeling energy in the wrong direction.’’
