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Nigerian Celebrities Who Joined Shettima’s Challenge

Some Nigerian celebrities joined the #ShettimaChallenge alongside other Nigerians on the micro blogging platform, Twitter.
The challenge was triggered by the outfit worn by the All Progressive Congress, vice presidential candidate, Kashim Shettima to the Nigerian Bar Association conference in Lagos on Monday, August 22.

Young Nigerians decided to create a trend called #ShettimaChallenge with images of several of them, donning various sizes of suit with a red tie, and pairs of gym shoes across Nigerian twitter to mock the APC chieftain over his outfit.

Amongst the celebrities who joined the challenge is, Nollywood actress, Toni Tones.

The actress, like others, donned an oversized coat with a long red tie whilst posturing like the VP.

Another celebrity who joined the challenge is, Nigerian singer, Charles Oputa aka Charly Boy.

The controversial singer cum activist joined the challenge on Tuesday, with a photo of himself on social media wearing a similar outfit.

Captioning the photo, he wrote: “Nothing my pikins no go make me do. I was ordered by one of my Area children to do the Shettima Challenge. Wahala for person wey no get tye Even though my shoe no show, but I try naah. Wetin u think?”

Nothing my pikins no go make me do.

I was ordered by one of my Area children to do the Shettima Challenge.

Even though my shoe no show, but I try naah.

LIKE FATHER LIKE SON: CREATIVE PROPHET ISRAEL OGUNDIPE’S SON, WINNER MAKES EXPLOITS

News making the rounds confirmed, Winner Ogundipe, the son of Prophet Israel Oladele Ogundipe of Genesis Global,is currently smiling to the banks. This is owing to the fact that, the promising young man has learnt to have diversify like his father.

In a recent release by the media aide to Prophet Israel, Oluwaseun Fabiyi, he revealed that, the promising young man is making waves, in an online business networking he delved into.

Aside his football career,Winner is said to have been scooping home at least Sixty Thousand Naira (N60,000) daily, from the business.

Without mincing words, Oluwaseun Fabiyi the media aide to his Dad, prophet Israel Oladele Ogundipe aka Genesis Global emphasized that, Winner has been a goal-getter right from his tender age. He added that, the young man in his unrelenting nature;had aspired to be a footballer. He said,In adhering to his father’s several teachings on hard work and diligence, Winner felt football only; might not put food on his table or allow him to actualize his other dreams,he therefore promptly delved into online networking,for self reliance and actualisation.

In the same vein, prophet Israel has maintained that,his son’s many exploits are not accidental, rather,they are because of his own resolve to adhere to biblical injunction which says; ” train up a child in the way he should go,and when he’s old, he shall not depart from it.”. He explained further that, for a child to give his parents rest on every side, financially,such a child must be shown the ways of Godliness and hard work.

While Winner’s age mates and contemporaries are busy indulging in fraudulent activities and unnecessarily lavishing their parents’ resources and affluence, he has chosen not to be intimidated,but to follow the path of his father’s footsteps, and there’s no gainsaying that, he is a greater version of Prophet Genesis.

Since Winner is never tired of diversifying, one can only watch out for his next breakthrough.

Illegal Sales of Polaris Bank May Further Destroy the Image of APC Group tells Buhari

A civil rights advocacy group, Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, (HURIWA) has called on President Muhammadu Buhari, not to allow plot to sell a Commercial Bank (Polaris Bank) has reported in a section of the media.

A news platform had reported that the CBN had allegedly proceeded with the secret sale of the distressed bank.

The group said if the Commercial Bank is sold it will not only compound the harsh economy Nigerians were going through but negatively affect the electoral fortune of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2023 general elections.

Although the management of Polaris Bank Limited had debunked reports, describing it as a “fake news report”, urging the public to disregard it.

The Bank through a statement described the report as speculative and deliberately intended to create panic.

But a statement of caution released by Tuesday in Abuja by the national coordinator of HURIWA, Emmanuel Onwubiko, criticised the alleged lack of transparency and the shadiness in the reported sale of Polaris Bank allegedly by the CBN.

While calling on the President to avoid negative effect of such move against the APC, HURIWA said: “President Buhari should stop the illegal sale of the bank immediately. The CBN governor has apparently been misinforming the President to approve ridiculous sales just as he wrongly advised the President to approve the sale Exoon Mobil to Seplat and the attendant bank and forth.

“Recall that Emefiele was also allegedly fingered in the ridiculous sale of 104-year-old Union Bank by two-year-old Titan Trust Bank. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission should have probed the CBN governor over this allegation which is contrary to Sections 9 and 11 of the CBN ACT 2007 but as usual, the former presidential aspirant of the All Progressives Congress, is an untouchable cabinet member of President Muhammadu Buhari.

“The CBN should be stopped from allegedly selling off banks in the country to cronies and friends as end-of-tenure benefits.”

The statement also called on the apex bank to issue a statement statement on the position of the bank on the matter in order to douse tension among the customers and stakeholders of the Bank.

According to HURIWA, “It is concerning that the so-called sale lacks transparency and is shrouded in so much darkness as no due diligence was not carried out, no tender, no advertisement to create public awareness, nothing, just some kangaroo and arrangee sale.

“To be exact, selling a bank which over N1.2 trillion was used to rescue at an alleged N40 billion is highly ridiculous and scandalous.”

How Kwankwaso’s Camp Dared Shekarau For Control Of NNPP

The camps of two former governors of Kano State, Ibrahim Shekarau and Rabiu Kwankwaso have apparently thrown the New Nigeria People’s Party into crisis.

Kwankwaso, who apparently has the upper hand in the contest to control the party’s machinery, appear not to feel disturbed about threats to decamp by the Shekarau camp.

Kwankwaso had said through his spokesperson, Ladipo Johnson, that whatever Shekarau intends to do will not affect NNPP’s chances come 2023 general elections.

On Monday, Shekarau told his supporters in Kano that Kwankwaso failed to honor his agreement with him implying that he would quit the NNPP as a result.

He said, “All the agreements we had with him were betrayed by Kwankwaso and his boys and they did not accommodate one single person from my camp.

“We reached an agreement to accommodate my supporters into various elective positions in the party, but until now, the committee set up could not accommodate one single person apart from the senatorial slot given to me.

“I will never be a party to injustice. My integrity is utmost and not any political position that will make me compromise it and that of my people. Nobody will use position or money against my integrity.”

Meanwhile, prior to Shekarau’s outburst, Johnson appeared on Arise News Night on August 18 explaining what Shekarau wanted , which to him, was practically impossible.

“Senator Kwankwaso and the NNPP have not failed to keep any promises.

“When the Shekarau camp came, they came at a time whereby primaries and other things had virtually been over and it’s not easy when you have other people who have paid for their nomination forms, who have followed due process, it’s not an arbitrary thing , you cannot just simply tell them oh, you are stepping down,” Johnson said.

He opined that Shekarau had the right to leave the NNPP, adding that it’s what democracy is all about.

He said,”We in the NNPP, revere and are happy to have Senator Shekarau with us , the decision is left to him and his people. The NNPP is not in crisis, we are building blocks, if unfortunately one seems to go out , others are coming in on daily basis round the country.”

He added that NNPP has its path to political victory irrespective of who leaves.

Davido Meets Wike, Seyi Makinde, Ortom, Ikpeazu In Paris

Nigerian award-winning singer David Adeleke, popularly called Davido, has met with some Governors of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Paris, France.
Naija News reports that photos of the ‘If’ crooner alongside Governor Nyesom Wike, Seyi Makinde, Okezie Ikpazu and Samuel Ortom emerged online on Monday night, 22nd August.

However, the exact date of the meeting with the politicians and musician was not made known.

In one of the photos, they were captured having a dinner and it is uncertain if the meeting was a coincidence or something that has to do with the 2023 election.

Davido’s uncle, Senator Ademola Adeleke, was recently elected Osun State Governor on the platform of the PDP and it might be difficult for him to openly back the Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Peter Obi, like other youths.

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Atiku Reacts As Arsenal Go Top Of Premier League Table

Arsenal currently sits top of the English Premier League table for the 2022/23 season after recording a 3-0 victory over Bournemouth in the clash between both teams on Saturday.
The win maintains Arsenal’s perfect start to the season as the Gunners have now made it three wins out of three games so far played this season.

Naija News reports before the win against Bournemouth on Saturday, Arsenal had previously recorded victories against Crystal Palace and Leicester City respectively.

On Saturday, the North London team continued their fine start to the season with two goals from captain Martin Odegaard, and the third from William Saliba.

Reacting, Atiku Abubakar on Saturday personally wrote on his Twitter account: “3 out of 3. It’s looking like a great start this season for @Arsenal.”

3 out of 3. It’s looking like a great start this season for @Arsenal :). -AA

— Atiku Abubakar (@atiku) August 20, 2022

Up next for Arsenal is a home game against Fulham on the 27th of August.

Why Over 200 Soldiers Resigned – Army

The Nigerian Army has denied allegations that 243 soldiers retired because of low morale and poor conditions of service.
The Director of Army Public Relations, Brig Gen Onyema Nwachukwu, in a statement titled, “Voluntary Retirement or Discharge is a Routine in the Nigerian Army” explained reason the 234 soldiers who recently retired from the force tendered their resignations.

It reads, “The allegation that soldiers of the Nigerian Army (NA) are proceeding on voluntary retirement due to alleged corruption, poor service conditions and low morale as recently reported by some outfits in the social media is nothing but a concoction of the imagination of the unrepentant enemies of the nation and mischief makers and should be out rightly discountenanced by the public.

“The subjective and unethical report is a distraction and another failed attempt at dampening the morale and fighting will, of the loyal, dedicated and patriotic fighting force of the NA.

Soldiers Are Allowed To Apply For Voluntary Discharge
“Perhaps these impenitent mischief makers need to be schooled to understand that the NA is not a conscript Army and that recruitment into the NA is voluntary with extant policy on discharge and retirement of soldiers and officers respectively, like other organizations.

“This provides its personnel the opportunity to apply for voluntary discharge, when they deem fit and meet the terms and conditions as stipulated in the Harmonized Terms and Conditions of Service soldiers/ratings/airmen (Revised) 2017.

“It is thus, the inalienable right of a personnel to voluntarily or on medical grounds apply for discharge, if they meet the terms.

“It is therefore not an aberration that the COAS granted approval for 91 NA/32/4792 WO Ndagana Ishiaku and 242 others to voluntarily discharge from the NA, as being unprofessionally manipulated by some media.

“Given the mannerism of the ill-fated report, it is clear, that it is targeted at deflating the high morale of troops by downplaying recent critical interventions by the COAS Lt Gen Faruk Yahaya on troops’ welfare, which include car loans, housing loans, extensive construction of new accommodation, massive renovation of old and dilapidated accommodation, building of befitting residences.”

Breaking: Anthony Joshua Losses World Heavy Weight Boxing Return Match To Usyk

The boxing title rematch between the Nigerian British fighter, Anthony Joshua and Ukrainian, Oleksandr Usyk ended in a loss for the Nigerian.

Joshua lost the WBA, WBO , IBF and IBO belt on Sunday at the Jedda Superdome in Saudi Arabia.

Joshua had lost the first match to the Ukrainian in 2021, but needed a win to retain the title he previously held.

After the 12th round, the judges ruled that the Ukrainian won on points.

The first judge ruled 115-113 in favour of Joshua.

The second and third ruled 115-113 and 116-112 respectively in favour of Usyk.

Joshua had boasted that he would defeat his opponent before the match.

He had said, “I wanted to overcome my opponent, whether it’s Usyk or anybody else, that was the mentality. I want to beat my opponent and crush him come Saturday,” Joshua said in his pre-match press conference.

“I was focusing on different aspects of my career such as having a better jab, punch more and getting punched less, for example. You need to focus on your aggression and I don’t do that at the end of the day. My competitive spirit can overcome any obstacle.”

World Peace Symposium In Honour Of Ambassador Buratai Holds August 28

The 2022 World Peace Symposium in honour of Nigeria’s former Chief of Army Staff, now Nigerian Ambassador to the Republic of Benin, Lieutenant General Tukur Buratai, Ret’d, has been fixed for Sunday, August 28 at Golden Tulip Essential Lagos Airport Hotel, Lagos.
The symposium which is organized by World Institute for Peace is expected to kick start at 11.30 am and is themed ‘Building Up Internal Security Set-Ups And Community Protection In Nigeria: Notions, Styles, Possibilities and Master Plan.’
The symposium will feature series of events including the launch of an anthology of poems as well as the declaration of General Buratai as the bearer of security touch in recognition of his excellent service to Nigeria and the West Africa sub region as Army Chief and as an Ambassador.
The event organizers say General Buratai is the first to be so honoured in the world by the World Institute for Peace.
While the event will be hosted by Chief Lamina Kamiludeen Omotoyosi, executive chairman, World Institute of Peace, Mr. Salaudeen Hashim, a public affairs analyst, will deliver a keynote address.
Others from Asia, Europe Continents would lend their voices as speakers physically and on zoom.
Born on November 24, 1960, Ambassador Buratai who hails from Biu Local Government Area of Borno State, North East Nigeria was commissioned into the Nigerian Army in 1983 and had multiple command, administrative, and instructional appointments before he retired in 2021.
He was Chief of Army Staff between 2015 and 2021.
He was made Ambassador of Republic of Benin by President Muhammadu Buhari few days after retirement from the Army.