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NSCDC Operatives Killed By Terrorists In Benue

Two personnel of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) have been reportedly killed in Benue State in an encounter with gunmen suspected to be terrorists.

Naija News learnt that two other locals were also killed in separate attacks in the state.

It was reported that the NSCDC personnel were attacked at their duty post at a waterside vicinity in the Wadata axis of Makurdi Local Government Area on Friday.

A resident who spoke with Daily Trust confirmed that the other two villagers were hacked to death in the evening hour of Thursday while working on their farms in Tse Tume in the Turan council ward of Logo LGA of the state.

A community leader had disclosed the names of the deceased as Terkende Injarwua and Mfaiga Ukor.

He told reporters that their remains had been recovered and buried on Friday.

On the account of the NSCDC officers killed, the Public Relations Officer of the security agency in the state, Michael Ejelikwu, promised to give details of the incident in later hours.

When contacted, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) for Benue Command, SP Catherine Anene said, “That was not reported to me.”

Meanwhile, at least five persons have been killed in Anambra State when some unknown gunmen attacked a popular drinking joint on Friday night.

The assailants according to reports, stormed a restaurant situated at Uto Ndu in Obiofia Village, under Nnewi South Local Government Area of the state at about 8:00 pm and started shooting sporadically.

The owner of the restaurant identified simply as Ụtọ Ndụ (a female) was also killed in the attack, Naija News learnt.

Sympathisers, friends and some relatives of the victims have taken to social media to mourn their beloved family members.

Remains of the victims have been reportedly transported to a mortuary while security operatives launch a hunt on the perpetrators.

75 Ogun Inmates Become Pastors, Bag Diploma In Theology

Seventy-five inmates of the Nigerian Correctional Service, Ibara Maximum Security Custodial Centre, Old Abeokuta, Ogun State, have become Ministers of God after bagging Diploma certificates in Theology.

It was gathered that the inmates have undergone a six-month training at the seminary, geared towards reforming and rehabilitating them.

The programme had the combined efforts of other Ministers of God who repeatedly visited the yard to teach the graduating students.

At the graduation ceremony held within the premises of the custodial centre, the National Director of the project, Dr Olamide Emmanuel, said the event was an effort to reform and rehabilitate criminated minds.

“We combined efforts with some men of God to work at the custodial centre here. We have about 75 of them who have distinguished themselves to serve God. Some of them have been released and they have started work outside. The programme is in three stages and it’s already a year today.

“We discovered that many leave this place destitutely with nothing to fall back on. They are castigated outside, they are stigmatised. But, through the help of Ministers of God, we built their psyche so that they will know this is not the end of life, better things are there for them outside,” he said.

Dr Emmanuel disclosed that the third stage of the programme would produce graduates with Bachelor’s degrees in Theology, saying, “We have those who are qualified for that already.”

The Deputy Controller of Corrections, Oshin Bamidele, who is in charge of the Ibara Maximum Security Custodial Centre, held that the duty of correctional officers is to reform, rehabilitate and reintegrate.

“As correctional officers, our mandate is to reform, rehabilitate and reintegrate back into the society. We achieve this through educational programmes and religious activities. These are 75 inmates who have gone through theological school known as seminary. We have seen very radical changes in them,” Oshin said, appreciating the NCoS Controller General, Haliru Nababa for giving them the opportunity to impact the lives of the inmates.

Speaking with newsmen, the Social Welfare Officer of the centre, AbdulAkeem Awesu, said, “Today we are graduating 75 of our Christian inmates who have distinguished themselves in the school of seminary. This programme is under the religious education for the inmates. They will be awarded diploma.”

According to him, the training was not just to train pastors, but for moral modification, spiritual attention and protection

“This goes beyond being a pastor. It has to do with moral modification, spiritual attention and protection, as well as inculcating discipline and the word of God into them. Being a pastor is a thing of choice, but they have undergone process of reformation and rehabilitation. My advice for them is to keep it up,” Awesu said.

In their separate remarks, a male and female graduand (names withheld) explained that they have been reformed spiritually and physically by the training programme, thanking the organisers.

The graduands appealed to youths to give their lives to Christ, saying that is the only way to live a life of holiness and righteousness.

“If you don’t have Jesus in your life, you will be living a life of crisis,” they admonished.

In order not to end up in jail, the inmates advised youths to obey all rules and regulations and accept Jesus as their personal Lord and saviour. Continue Reading

BREAKING: Niger Delta militants declare support for Tinubu

A group of young men who said they are Niger Delta ex-agitators have released a video where they promised to work for and “deliver” for Bola Ahmed Tinubu, National Leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and an aspirant in the 2023 presidential election.

In the 1 minute 17 seconds video, the armed men were on the water. All of them were masked and apparently understands the terrain of the water.

It is not yet clear when and where exactly the video was made.

“2023, we the Niger Delta, the ex-agitators , from Akwa Ibom, Rivers State, Cross River, down to Bayelsa, to Delta, and Ondo State, and Edo State, we, the person ‘wey we wan work for’ we deliver from the coastal line, na the person of Ahmed Bola Tinubu. ‘Na him we wan work for’. We go deliver. If Asiwaju leads, we follow,” one of the masked men said.

After Two Years Break, President Buhari To Receive Sallah Homage In Aso Rock

President Muhammadu Buhari will receive visitors for this year’s Sallah homage at the Aso Rock Presidential Villa.

This was confirmed in a statement made available to our newsroom on Friday evening by the senior special assistant to the President on media and publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu.

According to the presidential spokesperson, the traditional Sallah homage was cut off as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and its attendant risks.

But now with infection rates at a very low rate and still falling, there would be a controlled return to the pre-COVID practice of receiving Sallah visitors.

The presidential media aide however pointed out that all those who have been identified and received invitation as part of those to be part of the Sallah visit to the President must undergo the linear Covid-19 test at the State House Conference Centre and obtain a negative test result before they can be admitted to the actual venue which is the State House Banquet Hall.

He added in the statement that it is compulsory for the about 100 persons invited to use face masks at the event.

“Two years after the world’s biggest lockdown to slow the COVID-19 pandemic, the traditional Sallah homage to the President by the residents of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja returns to the Aso Rock Villa,” Shehu said.

He added in the statement that “Although this is a sign of the return to normalcy as infection rates fall to their lowest, those coming on invitation are still required to wear face masks and undergo the linear Covid-19 test at the State House Conference Centre to obtain a negative test result as condition for admittance to the event.

“President Muhammadu Buhari is set to receive the visitors, numbering about 100 at the New State House Banquet Hall at 3:00pm on Sallah Day (Sunday or Monday), itself to be determined by moon sighting to be announced by Islamic authorities in the country.

“Invited Guests for the event, led by Muhammed Musa Bello, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT include the Secretary to the Government of the Federation and the Head of Service, the Senator and House members from the territory, leadership of the FCT Judiciary, Members of the Cabinet, Service Chiefs and heads of security agencies, Muslim and Christian leaderships in the FCT, Council Chairmen, Traditional Rulers and others who received invitations as listed on the manifest.”

Source: naijanews

BREAKING: Armed Robbers Attack Bullion Van In Imo

A bullion van conveying on Thursday, was attacked by gunmen at Ogbor, Nguru, in Aboh Mbaise Local Government Area of Imo State.

It was gathered that the gunmen double-crossed the van coming from Ahiazu to Owerri and started shooting at it thinking it was loaded and conveying cash.

An eyewitness said the unknown gunmen shot sporadically and the driver of the van with two other persons in the bid to escape at high speed tumbled severally and ran into about four different vehicles packed at the spot where it happened.

It smashed the vehicles as well as destroyed the windows, doors, and windscreens of the vehicles.

Reacting, the Imo state Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Micheal Abttam, said: “Sketchy information revealed that the bullion van was returning after delivering money and was attacked by hoodlums. The driver on noticing it tried to escape unfortunately, his vehicle capsized. No money was carted away.”

Fire guts TB Joshua’s property, destroys tomb shelter

Fire has destroyed the tomb shelter of the late founder of the Synagogue Church of All Nations, Prophet Temitope Joshua, in the Agodo area of Ikotun, Lagos State.

PUNCH Metro gathered that the fire started around 6.30pm on Wednesday.

A resident, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said no one could tell if anybody died in the incident.

He said, “The affected property is on Ajisebiri Street, Agodo. The house started burning around 6.30pm and as I speak with you, fire service officials are trying to put out the fire.

“The compound of the house is big, so nobody can see what they are doing inside. Also, officials putting out the fire didn’t allow anybody inside.”

The Acting Coordinator, National Emergency Management Agency, Ibrahim Farinloye, who also confirmed the incident, said the fire had been put out.

He said, “The incident happened at a building belonging to the late pastor. The late pastor usually went there to relax and meditate. Federal fire service officials moved in to put out the fire.”

The Head, Lagos State Fire and Rescue Services, Margaret Adeseye, said the fire affected the shelter covering the late pastor’s tomb.

She said, “It is confirmed that a section around the tomb of the late pastor TB Joshua caught fire. A shelter was built to cover the tomb because it is an open place, so, it was the shelter that caught fire. But we were able to curtail it and it did not spread beyond where it started from. We have yet to identify the cause of the fire.”

FUNKE AND FEMI ASHEKUNS FRAUDULENT AND ADULTEROUS ACTS EXPOSED

It’s not a new story that Funke Ashekun has decided to point at his father’s house with her left hand just like bastards do. I said I was going to follow up on her stories and expose the ill-mannered agenda that she displays on her program. For almost 6 months now she has been recycling same stories that have no base and evidence, we have repeatedly asked her to name victims and provide documents to her claims and none has been made available.

It was a very hilarious moment on Facebook as I stumble upon Zibah blog, discussing Funke Ashekun matter. As one that has written, a couple of articles about this ungrateful lady and her plot to bite the finger that fed her, I quickly pulled up a chair to listen to the Facebook exposition, and couldn’t believe what my ears heard about our holier than thou lady FUNKE ASHEKUN AND HER HUSBAND

HER BACKGROUND

I just found out that her father is in the ogboni confraternity, and the father in-law is a Native doctor, wow, no wonder She has been squealing like a broken record over her imaginary molestation, and people being abused in the toilet of HER FORMER GENERAL OVERSEER.

THE FRAUDSTER AND ADULTERER

After listening to the program that evening, I decided to track one of the callers who gave a stunning revelation ON THE SHOW, to seek more information and really get some facts.

we were told that this woman and her husband has been embezzling church funds, for a long time, to the extent of even building a house from the proceed of their iniquity amidst this the husband on the other hand was basking in the arms of young ladies in the ushering department and the choir department fondling them in other words committing adultery,

find the voice recording of this revelation below:

I have repeatedly asked her just one question, AND SHE IS YET TO ANSWER, and that is, since she has been in that ministry for over two-decades claiming to work with your general overseer, have you ever been with him behind closed doors? has he fingered you? has he ever made any pass at you? if you can name anyone that has any claim to all these allegations kindly provide.

OFFICE STRUCTURE

This woman alleged that the office of the general overseer has different chambers, well, I believe the office description she is giving, must be of her father’s shrine, because the OFFICE OF THAT MAN OF GOD is JUST A WAITING ROOM CALLED THE CORRIDOR AND AN OFFICE THAT HE USES FOR COUNSELLING so please FUNKE stop the nonsense.

Kindly click on link below to listen to this deep exposition by Zibah blog and listen to the interview I granted a witness of their atrocities, so you can know the true nature of the Ashekuns

https://web.facebook.com/ZibahDBosslady/videos/489904956161645

https://youtu.be/EfPPHQyf6Cg

femi for sahara weekly

NCC Releases Guidelines For Replacing SIM Cards Of Dead, Sick People, Others

Nigerian telecommunications subscribers can legally replace Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) for deceased and also persons by proxy, the Nigerian Communications Commission.

This was made known in the ‘Guidelines on SIM Replacement and the business rules & operational processes for implementation of the SIM replacement guidelines 2022.’

The Guideline was approved by the Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, Isa Ali Ibrahim (Pantami).

The ministry had set up a technical committee on the guideline.

The Minister had approved the SIM Replacement Policy for subscribers whose SIMs have been lost, stolen, misplaced or damaged in 2021.

The guideline applies to all Communications Service Providers using a Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) as well as all postpaid and prepaid subscribers, according to the document seen by THE WHISTLER.

The National Identity Number linkage has become mandatory for replacement of SIMs. Based on the guideline, subscribers can replace their SIM by proxy, while SIM replacement can be done for the deceased.

The NCC described the proxy as a subscriber who cannot visit the shop either due to sickness or inability to move.

It said the requirement are a letter of authorisation from the main Subscriber appointing the Proxy in that regard, adding that the Proxy must provide his/her NIN and the NIN of the main Subscriber.

The Guideline also stated that the Subscriber must provide the Communications Service Provider with a letter of indemnity, indemnifying the relevant Communications Service Provider from any liability arising from the SIM Replacement process.

On SIM replacement for the deceased, the regulator revealed that SIM of a deceased can be replaced by an authorized individual subject to conditions.

The steps are, “The provision of a Certified True Copy of the death certificate of the deceased issued by the National Population Commission (NPC). Provision of Letters of Administration of Estate issued by a superior Court of Record, where the deceased died intestate or with an unregistered Will. Where the deceased died testate, the Executor of the registered Will must provide the requisite probate letters showing authority to act on behalf of the estate of the deceased.

“The authorized individual must provide his/her NIN and the MSISDN of the deceased. The Communications Service Provider shall confirm the deceased ownership of the MSISDN and whether any NIN was linked to the MSISDN. The authorized individual must provide the Communications Service Provider with a letter of indemnity, indemnifying the relevant Communications Service Provider from any liability arising from the SIM Replacement process.

“At all times, such individual shall be liable where it is discovered that the SIM Replacement was done without the requisite authority.”

Special Tawaf: Tinubu Thanks Obasa, Wants More Prayers For Nigeria

– Urges Nigerians to pray for Buhari, other leaders

– Seeks Allah’s intervention in Nigeria’s challenges

National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and top presidential aspirant on the party’s platform, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has thanked the Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Obasa, for the special Tawaf held for him and in favour of his ambition in Mecca.

Tinubu also commended the Lagos State House of Assembly for the successes so far recorded under the leadership of Dr. Obasa just as he appreciated the members of the House who took part in the Tawaf.

The special Tawaf held on Thursday around Kaabah at the centre of Islam’s most important mosque, the Masjid al-Haram in Mecca, Saudi Arabia.

While expressing gratitude to the participants, Tinubu, a former Governor of Lagos, urged Nigerians to use the opportunity to pray for a better Nigeria.

He encouraged the citizens to pray for President Muhammadu Buhari and other leaders of the country as they make efforts to resolve the country’s challenges.

“As Muslim faithful continue their fasting and supplications to Allah in this Holy month of Ramadan, I express my gratitude to the Lagos State House of Assembly for their decision to organise a special Tawaf (circumambulation of Holy Kaabah) and prayer session for me today (Thursday) in Mecca.

“I’m most honoured by this gesture purposed to be in furtherance of similar prayers seeking God’s blessings for my aspiration to lead our country from 2023.

“However, while thanking Speaker Mudasiru Obasa and all members of the Lagos State House of Assembly for this important decision, I enjoin the Speaker and his colleagues to go beyond my ambition and pray for Nigeria as well.

“I urge them to intercede on behalf of the nation and beseech Almighty Allah for an end to the challenges besieging our country.

“I urge them to pray for President Muhammadu Buhari and his administration in their efforts to surmount these challenges,” he appealed.

He further urged for prayers to Allah to touch the hearts of bandits and criminal elements in the country so that they toe the path of goodness in the blessed month of Ramadan.

“I also enjoin everyone organising or holding similar prayers either for themselves or for some particular causes to also remember to pray for our country in this sacred month,” he said.

The Tawaf was attended by political and business leaders as well as Islamic schorlars.

NYSC Confirms Death Of Missing Corps Member

The death of a female corps member, Stephanie Se-ember Terungwa Edward Achado, who was declared missing in the Federal Capital Territory on the 14th of April has been confirmed by the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC).
The family of the late corps member had declared her missing in a post on social media.

It was reported that Stephanie went missing after leaving her apartment for Community Development Service (CDS).

However, her body was reportedly found on Wednesday, still dressed in her NYSC uniform, while some of her vital parts had been removed by the killers.

NYSC in a statement released on Facebook noted that Stephanie’s face was defaced beyond recognition.

The statement reads, “The attention of the NYSC Management has been drawn to the pictures making the rounds in the social media of a missing Corps member deployed to the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.

“The corpse was found wearing the NYSC khaki trouser, with the face defaced beyond recognition.

“On account of this, Management reported the discovery to relevant security agencies to help identify the body. It was later confirmed that the remains were that of a missing Corps member, Stephanie Se-Ember Terungwa, with State Code Number FC/21B/5807.

“Investigations are, however, currently ongoing to unravel the identity of the perpetrators of the dastardly act to bring them to justice.

“May her soul rest in peace.”