Igboho diagnosed with suspected kidney, lung disease
Embattled Yoruba Nation activist, Sunday Adeyemo aka Sunday Igboho has been said to be diagnosed of a suspected kidney or lungs disease.
The latest development was disclosed by one of Igboho’s lawyers, Yomi Aliyyu, in an interview with BBC Yoruba.
According to Aliyyu, Igboho started showing symptoms of the disease while in the Beninese prison.
He has been reportedly rushed to the hospital for immediate treatment.
“Igboho was not diagnosed with this sickness before he was arrested in Cotonou. It was so critical that they had to rush him to the hospital.
“I can’t tell if he has been returned to the prison from the hospital but what I know is, he’s battling ill health and it seems his kidney and lungs are already being affected.
“Even though I cannot tell which part of his body the sickness has really affected, I know it has to do with his internal organs.”
Igboho has been in custody of the Beninese authorities since his arrest on July, 16, 2021 when he was trying to flee to Germany to escape Nigerian authorities.
2023 Elections: Shiekh Gumi sends crucial message to INEC
Popular Islamic preacher, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, has praised the decision by the Nigerian Senate which now allows the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to transmit election results electronically.
He subsequently urged INEC to “immediately, with the collaboration of NGOs embark on a voter’s awareness campaign, which should include the rural areas”.
In a post on his known Facebook page, Gumi stated that the news about e-transmission — which could come into effect in the 2023 elections — will reduce rigging.
Furthermore, Gumi said the E-transmission of election results will limit mediocrity among those governing Nigerians.
According to Gumi, “Since 1999 when the khaki returned to the barracks, we’ve not heard the better good news for Nigerians as this singular act of making it legal to transmit elections results electronically. Though, it remains the funding and implementation which are yet to be seen.
“Nonetheless, this will in no way immeasurable reduce the rigging and votes manipulation, the only way bad politicians have been able to hold the nation for a long time at its jugular veins. Money politics, mediocrity, and political blackmailing will all vanish or nearly so by making every vote genuinely counted. This is a big plus for our Senate and the democracy that gives Nigerians free will to choose and repel leaders they so wish.
“INEC has to immediately with the collaboration of NGOs embark on a voter’s awareness campaign, which should include the rural areas. With satellite internet technology perfected and available, no inch of Nigeria soil should be out of reach of the election.
“There are a lot of technical issues, involved, but nothing is insurmountable looking at the experience of countries like India with almost 800 million voters.
“We have been advocating this since early 2015 when we had a conference in Gamji hall Kaduna attended by representatives of INEC, PDP and APC under the auspices of ‘MY CHOICE MY PRIDE FOUNDATION’. Notably, Engr. Buba Galadima made a speech on behalf on the APC. It was memorable and We are glad that some semblance to free and fair elections is on the horizon now as we may say good riddance to bad governance.”
Free Nnamdi Kanu Before You Talk Of Dialogue – IPOB Lawyer Tells FG
The special counsel to Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Aloy Ejimakor, has called for the immediate release of his client.
Kanu has been in the Department of State Services (DSS) custody since his arrest and extradition to Nigeria from Kenya.
The IPOB leader is being tried by the Nigerian Government for treasonable felony, arms stockpiling and other charges levelled against him.
But in a post via his Twitter page on Tuesday, Ejimakor asked the federal government to release his client first before talking about planning to dialogue with him.
The IPOB lawyer added that “it is unnatural to negotiate with a man in chains”, asking the government to “stop resisting every effort being made to release his client from detention”.
“When a man is in detention and you wish to negotiate with him, the first step you take is to stop resisting every effort being made to release him from detention.
“That’s how they negotiated with Mandela, Gandhi and Martin Luther King. It’s unnatural to negotiate with a man in chains,” he wrote.
Recall that Ejimakor had condemned the extradition of his client from Kenya to Nigeria and his continuous detention in DSS custody.
He had said, “it is fundamentally wrong for the Nigerian State to levy a lethal military attack on Nnamdi Kanu at his home in Abia State while he was free on bond and having failed to kill him, to then pursue him to Kenya and abduct him without due process of law.
“The abduction, the torture that followed and the unlawful imprisonment in Kenya, plus his consequent expulsion from Kenya to Nigeria, are manifestly unconstitutional and amount to infringement of his fundamental rights. There’s an unbroken chain of notorious violations that started in Afara-Ukwu, Abia State in late 2017 and culminated in Kenya in June 2021.
“It is trite that when a state forcibly takes a fugitive suspect from a foreign country to its territory without giving the person the benefit of the extradition process, it amounts to an act of extraordinary rendition that, without more, triggers insurmountable legal barriers to prosecution.
“Under applicable laws, a renditioned fugitive is entitled to a body of remedies known as collectively reparations, which includes restitution, compensation, rehabilitation, satisfaction and guarantees of non-repetition.
“Nigeria needs to tread with caution and a keen reference to history as it ramps up on this overly aggressive treason trial of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. When an alpha patriot like Kanu gets so upset with the system that he begins to seek solutions in separation or self-determination, you talk to him; you don’t subject him to trials and tribulations.”
MAUREEN BADEJO SUFFERS ANOTHER HISTORIC DEFEAT AS SHE LOSES APPEAL AGAINST MFM IN THE UK
The one who guards his mouth preserves his life; the one who opens wide his lips comes to ruin. Proverbs 13:3. This has become the story of Maureen Badejo the hustler, who chose to battle with the very battle axe of God.
Some time ago, this woman started blogging iniquitously about the mountain of fire and miracles ministries and the general overseer of the ministry; this spurred my interest to investigate the matter because the ministry and the person in question represent uprightness and righteous living in the body of Christ.
One thing I didn’t want to let happen was for this woman to mislead young believers as well as pollute the minds of the general public with her sore thoughts, for this reason, I went into proper investigations to unveil the truth knowing the kind of person Maureen Badejo truly is.
This I did with previous articles, debunking her FALLACIOUS COCK AND BULL STORIES, FABRICATED LIES and all sort of ACTS PUT UP IN HER SHOWS PROPAGATED THROUGH HER FACEBOOK YOUTUBE AND OTHER SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS about Mountain of fire and Miracle ministries MFM and the General overseer Dr.DK Olukoya, all in the bid to generate views and make money.
Though through investigations we found out that she was been furnished with outrageous fabricated stories by a group of rogue pastors that were disciplined or rather sent out of the ministry for bad behaviour or gross misconduct, and were looking for ways to get back at the ministry as well as the general overseer.
Unfortunately for her, MFM and the General Overseer sued Maureen Badejo for libel and defamation of character.
A JUDGEMENT WAS GIVEN IN THE HIGH COURT QUEEN’S BENCH DIVISION IN ENGLAND which found her GUILTY FOR DEFAMATION AND LIBEL AND GRANTED PERPETUAL INJUNCTION AGAINST HER, this she APPEALED
Typically, when a proper appeal is filed, the Court hears arguments from Counsels on both sides and after a studied consideration of those arguments, makes a decision either to allow the appeal or to dismiss it.
IN EXCEPTIONAL CASES, HOWEVER, WHEN AN APPEAL IS MANIFESTLY PUERILE AND UN-MERITORIOUS THE APPEAL COURT HAS THE POWER TO SUMMARILY DISMISS IT WITHOUT WASTING TIME TO LISTEN TO ARGUMENTS. THIS IS THE FATE THAT RECENTLY BEFELL MAUREEN BADEJO’S HAPLESS APPEAL yesterday the 12 of October 2021 THIS IS THE MOST RECENT TWIST IN HER COMEDY OF ERRORS.
Let me remind you that when the Nigeria court gave her judgment, she called it kangaroo judgment and all sort, Had it been that it was the Court in Nigeria that exercised her power in this manner, it is almost certain that Maureen would have battered their character and name in her characteristic categorization of the Judiciary in Nigeria as fantastically corrupt and not capable enough to express justice with due diligence. We dare her to make similar gutter utterances over the United Kingdom Judiciary.
FEMI OYEWALE, We will always stand for the truth
Suspected Cultists Hack Prophet, His Father To Death In Akwa Ibom
A group of youths suspected to be members of the Iceland Confraternity have hacked to death one Prophet Kufre Obonukut in Akwa Ibom State.
It was gathered that the said clergyman was killed alongside his father, Chief Ephraim Jacob Obonukut.
Though the reason for the suspected cultists’ action is yet to be known, there were, however, insinuations that the killing of the two might not be unconnected with the fact that Prophet Kufre who was the founder of Last Bus Stop Church (LBC), Ikot Ibekwe, was an object of envy by some Church founders in the area.
The prophet was accused of luring members from other churches to his church through miracles.
Kurfe and his father were both murdered during the last weekend in their home in Ikot Ibekwe, a community in the Ukanafun Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom.
A family source who reportedly confirmed the incident to Nigerian Tribune said the cultists came to kill Prophet Kufre, and when he raised the alarm, his father was pressured to go up to save his child.
“Unfortunately, the criminals turned and also attacked hit the father on his head and other parts of his body with a machete,” the source said.
“It is very sad to miss a father and a son at the same time. At the moment, the mother is bedridden. The prophet had been buried while the father is to be buried later because of his chieftaincy status,” the family source expressed.
Spokesperson of the State Police Command, Odiko Macdon, who confirmed the incident said an investigation is an ongoing to unravel the immediate and remote causes of the attack.
He said: “Discreet investigations are ongoing to ascertain the immediate and remote causes of the incident,” he assured, urging members of the civil society to volunteer intelligence to security agents wit to apprehend culprits, whom he said are still at large.”
Hunger As Bandits Demands Cooked Food As Ransom For Kidnapped Victims
Bandits in Birnin Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna State are now demanding cooked food as ransom for kidnapped victims.
The bandits were said to have retrieved from attacking communities since the state Government banned weekly markets as part of measures to tackle insecurity in the state.
A youth leader in one of the villages of Birnin Gwari, Babangida Yaro, told Daily Trust that since the ban, bandits operating along Damari, Kutemashi and Kuyello villages only asked for cooked food each time they abduct people.
According to him, the ban on sale of fuel in filling stations located in rural communities had also helped to restrict their movement.
“There is relative peace around Damari, kuyello, Kutemashi because the bandits have stopped attacking our communities. They usually stay in the forest and seiz food items mostly cooked ones from vendors,” he said.
He added that when they abducted two or three persons in farms, one is allowed to go and get them food from their relatives as ransom since there is no communication network to make contact.
The youth leader added that Dogon Dawa area is still not completely safe because villagers are still scared of accessing their farmlands.
Babangida also lamented that the ban on use of private Motorcycles in the villages had increased hardship on the bandits as well as residents.
Hours after backing Tinubu, court orders EFCC to remove Dokpesi from watchlist
This new development comes after Mr Dokpesi threw his weight behind the presidential aspirations of Bola Tinubu.
The Federal High Court has ordered the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to remove Raymond Dokpesi from its watch list.
The ruling, made by Chief Justice John Tsoho of the court’s Abuja Division on Monday held that there are no criminal charges or allegations currently raised against Mr Dokpesi.
Mr Tsoho ruled on an application filed and argued by Kanu Agabi on behalf of Mr Dokpesi.
The court held that a refusal of the EFCC to expunge Mr Dokpesi’s name from the watch list would amount to a disobedience of the Court of Appeal’s judgment quashing the N2.1 billion money laundering charges against him.
In April, the Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja had dismissed the seven count money laundering charges filed against Mr Dokpesi by the EFCC.
This new development comes after Mr Dokpesi threw his weight behind former Lagos state governor Bola Tinubu’s presidential aspirations.
El-rufai announces cabinet reshuffle, Make new appointments
Nasir El-Rufai, the Governor of Kaduna State, has assigned new portfolios to some commissioners and senior officials of the state.
Muyiwa Adeleke, the Special Adviser to Governor El Rufai on Media and Communication, made this known in a statement on Monday.
“Muhammad Sani Abdullahi, the Chief of Staff, returns to the Planning and Budget Commission, the responsibility he held with distinction during Malam El-Rufai’s first term.
“It is the second time that a chief of staff to the governor is being reassigned as commissioner. In 2019, Muhammad Bashir Saidu, then chief of staff, was redeployed to the Ministry of Finance,” the statement read in part.
The commissioners and their new portfolios are Jaafaru Sani, Environment; Thomas Gyang, Public Works and Infrastructure; Halima Lawal, Education, Ibrahim Hussaini, Agriculture; Shehu Usman Muhammad; Local Government; Muhammad Sani Abdullahi, Planning and Budget Commission; Kabir Mato, Business, Innovation and Technology; Idris Nyam, Sports Development.
PandoraPapers: I have $15 million in Offshore accounts – Peter Obi
Former Governor of Anambra state, Peter Obi has revealed why he opened offshore accounts for himself and his family abroad.
Obi got into hot water after the release of the Pandora Papers, a project carried out by a global International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ).
The project saw 600 journalists from 150 news organisations around the world poring through a trove of 11.9 million confidential files.
The leaked files were retrieved from some offshore services firms around the world that set up shell companies and other offshore entities for clients. Obi was exposed in the report as one of the personalities who clandestinely set up and operated businesses overseas, including in notorious tax and secrecy havens in ways that breached Nigerian laws.
Appearing on Arise TV on Monday, monitored by POLITICS NIGERIA, he addressed the issue stating that the he breached no law and committed no crime. In his words;
“Trust company is a legitimate vehicle used everywhere globally for investment, savings and estate planning purposes. In my Particular case and that of my family, it was done on very valuable advice of our then bankers, Loyce TSB. This is what they did for all their international clients who operated at the time i lived in the UK. They will help you to see that the formulated trust company offshore and that is what we did.”
“This company was never used to launder money before, during and after till date. It wasn’t used for anything during my time in office. It was strictly a trust company for savings and family planning that was used to support our borrowings which we even invested in this country”.
When asked by one of the Programme anchors if he had $500 million in offshore accounts. Obi replied;
“If you see more than 3% of that, in there, confiscate all my properties here and abroad”.
He continued: “As a father, I save for my children, i save for my family and they Know”.
“If you go there and find more than 3%, about 3% which is about $15 million, if i bequeath my children $500 million, i have cursed them. There is money you bequeath People, you curse them. You bequeath them what is manageable so that they can start their life. If you see anything more than $15 million there, confiscate what i have overseas and here”.
Those condemning brutal flogging of madrasa students encourage their children to go for BBNaija — MURIC
The Director and Founder of the Muslim Rights Concern, Professor Ishaq Akintola, on Monday urged Nigerians not to jump to conclusions over the viral video of some madrasa students being brutally flogged in Kwara State.
Although he noted that the punishment meted out to the students was ‘too harsh’, Akinsola said that those condemning the brutal flogging encourage their children to participate in the Big Brother Naija show.
Akintola aired his views in a statement released on MURIC‘s website where he urged the public to allow the state government to investigate the matter.
The statement read in part, “While we regard the punishment meted out to the students as too harsh, we maintain that the action of the school authorities should not be judged in isolation. The fact that the parents requested the school to discipline their children must not be ignored.
“MURIC is also in possession of another video in which the students confessed that they engaged in shameful and unIslamic actions, namely; visiting a club, drinking alcohol, bathing themselves with alcohol, etc. These are horrible acts in which ordinary Muslims must not be involved.
“Arabic schools are the repository of morality and the vault of uprightness. They are the conscience of the Ummah. The offence committed by those students becomes more unacceptable when the actors are students of an Arabic school who are expected to be the epitome of morality and religiosity.”
He continued “The abyss of moral decadence into which the Nigerian society has fallen is responsible for most of the woes facing us in this country today. Nigerians now indulge their children. Family values and norms have been thrown to the winds. Parents allow their children to dictate to them. Instead of parents condemning waywardness in their children and punishing them for it, they now condone and collaborate.”
Akintola further commended the parents of the flogged students for instructing the school authorities to punish them.
The Islamic cleric further stated that people condemning the act allow their children to participate in ‘BBNaija’s shameful sex in public’.
He said, “This is not London where a five-year-old child can call the police to arrest his mum for spanking him and all London police units will come racing to the house, blaring siren. This is not New York where a mother must seek permission from her three-year-old baby before the latter’s nappy can be changed. This is Nigeria, the heartbeat of Africa.
“We commend the parents of those children who instructed the school authorities to punish their children. Posterity will count them among Nigeria’s puritans and disciplinarians. Those who are condemning the parents and the teachers today are those who will gladly encourage their own children and wards to participate in BBNaija’s shameful sex in public.”
Akintola further urged the state government to investigate the matter.
“In the light of the above, we urge Muslims in Kwara State and the general public to allow the Kwara State Government to investigate the incident. The government itself must adopt a middle road. We invite parents and guardians to discipline their children and wards promptly and proportionately,” he said.
