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Cattle valuable than oil and gas – Adamu Garba

Former Presidential Aspirant, Adamu Garba, has said that cattle have more economic value than the entire oil and gas reserve in Southern Nigeria.

 

 

 

Garba said this in reaction to the advice given by the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders’ Association of Nigeria, Bauchi State chapter, which required its members to vacate the 17 states in Southern Nigeria.

 

 

MACBAN gave the advice following a ban on open grazing issued by governors of the region after a meeting in Asaba, Delta State.

Reacting, Garba said on Twitter, “I perfectly agree with this proposal. All Fulani present in Southern Nigeria should come back. We shall use the cattle, process the resources, and sell all over the world as finished goods.

“Cattle have more economic value than the entire oil and gas reserve we have in Nigeria. Our major stakeholders in the North must admit cows as business opportunities not just culture & invest heavily to bring #CowToCurrency to reality. Cows alone can solve all Northern problems.

“The job opportunities, the manufacturing centers, & the connection to global hubs of demands for the best cattle meats can open more doors and set for the liberation of Northern Nigeria from cheap and somewhat, useless oil assets. We must invest in harvesting the value of cattle.

“A litter of Cow at N350 is much more than the value of a liter of oil at N145. With over 20 million cows, take 1/3 as milk-producing female on average of 5 liters a day, we’ll have almost N12Bn/day from cow milk. That’s about N700M/state/day. About N21Bn/State/Month.

“That is much higher than the Monthly Allocation the largest state receives in the North. Again, each cow can generate a minimum of 3 Jobs. Rearing, Slaughtering, Processing, marketing, Selling, and management. 5M cows =15M jobs. I marvel at the laziness of Northern Governors.

“Northern Governors think awarding contracts for building roads, taking their cuts is all they need for themselves. Doing so has subjected the North to condescension and dehumanization from some elements in the South. The time is now for them to wake up to our potentials.

“It is becoming increasingly clear that the 2023 election is a game between cattle states and non-cattle states. Let’s be blunt about this. If Northern leaders do not wake up to this urgent reality, the target will not just be the cow, but the cow harboring states and their adherents.”

– Punch Newspaper

Traditional priest cautions Tinubu against 2023, Says he will End Up Like Late MKO Abiola If He Contests For President.

 

The priest, who is also called Egbeji Ologun, revealed that he told MKO Abiola to not run for President in 1993 but the late businessman and politician defied his warning.

Atraditional priest and seer, HRM Augustine Bola Adegunloye has cautioned the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu against contesting for the President in 2023.

The priest, who is also called Egbeji Ologun, revealed that he told MKO Abiola to not run for President in 1993 but the late businessman and politician defied his warning.

The seer, however, stated that Tinubu should learn from the late Abiola in order not to share his fate by ending up in prison and getting killed.

Adegunloye said this in a viral video when reacting to the political ambition of the APC chieftain of succeeding President Muhammadu Buhari in 2023.

“Tinubu, if care is not taken is going to end up in a prison yard. You know those who used to go to him, they are eating his money. He said he is Jagaban. He’s Jagaban of Hausaland. Those who are taking care of goats and cows. He’s their Jagaban. Who is Jagaban? So, he has to rethink and make up his full steps so that he cannot sleep and die,” Adegunloye said.

He recounted how the late Abiola mocked him, when he told him not to contest saying he was hungry and gave him N25,000.

“Because, this is how I told (MKO) Abiola. This is how I told him. I went to Abiola’s office personally that morning. Baba, God has done great things for you. You have money, you have everything. Why do you want to become a Head of State? He said don’t worry. When all these Babalawo are hungry, that’s how they are going out about. He gave me N25,000.

“I said, ‘Baba I thank you very much. God will be with you’. How does he end? He did not end well. He died. So, that’s what is going to happen to Tinubu now. If Tinubu doesn’t take care, he will die like a goat,” Adegunloye added.

Lady Cries Out Bitterly After Butt enlargement Surgery Goes Wrong, Reveals Popular Nigerian Doctor Gave Her Infection

 

A lady identified as Dorenne has taken to social media to cry out after a popular plastic Nigerian surgeon, Dr Anu, who was sued last year for botched surgery, infected her with fat necrosis.

According to the photos shared by controversial blogger, Gistlover, a lady identified as Dorenne has shared disturbing photos of her botched procedure with Nigerian doctor, Anu

The anonymous patient, in a private message, shared that she did not know about Dr Anu’s track record when she flew in from New York to undergo a butt enlargement surgery in Abuja. She also cried out for help, revealing she’s dying.

The patient wrote, “Dr Anu gave me an infection, fat necrosis, I’m dying in Abuja. I didn’t know about any until i came down to Nigeria. I haven’t been in Nigeria for 10years. It was after the surgery i started hearing things about her.”

Sharing the disturbing photos on her page, the blogger wrote;

”Graphics Content: I am so angry right now, after all the awareness, who still patronizes this devil, after we chased her from Lagos, Abuja is her Next stop where do we go from here? Where? A serial Killer is on the loose again”.

 

Governors run Nigeria not President Buhari – Jonathan

 

Former President Goodluck Jonathan has called on governors to meet under the Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) to discuss issues that affect the country.

During the 50th birthday celebration of Charles Osazuwa, president of the Rock of Ages Christian Assembly, the former president, who is rumored to be eyeing another run for the presidency, said this to reporters in Benin on Sunday.

According to Jonathan, bringing all of Nigeria’s governors together in a round table to address and propose solutions to problems affecting the country will benefit the president, who relies on briefings from around the country.

“Governors themselves should continue to meet, I don’t really love a situation where the northern governors will meet then the southern governors will cry foul,” Jonathan said.

“Then the southern governors will meet then the northern governors will cry foul, that will not help our country.

“The governors through the governors forum should meet, they are the people who run this country, the president is just one person in Abuja.

“The states, especially in a country where the local governments are very weak, it’s the states that people fall back to.

“So if the governors of the states meet and dialogue, interrogate things that are good for this country, then we will move forward.

“I don’t really enjoy the antagonism between governors, they should come together and discuss.

“If there are issues that are affecting one or two states, I think the governors should see how they can collectively come with a way to address those issues,” he added.

Meanwhile, Jonathan noted that while he was in office he never used his position to punish people.

Jonathan, who was once the Deputy Governor of Bayelsa State, later governed the state and from there became Vice-President before he emerged president of Nigeria.

The former President said while in politics, he had a conviction to never cause the death of anyone.

“My belief, particularly when I joined politics is not to use a temporary privilege, a temporary position God has given to me to punish people,” he said.

“Some of the things I did while in office to which people still refer was based on the conviction not to use my position to cause the death of anybody.

“Any position I have occupied by divine providence should not be used to create hardship for other people.”

 

Ijaw youths threaten revolution, Clamours for true federalism

 

If true federalism is not guaranteed by President Muhammadu Buhari’s government, Ijaw youths under the umbrella body of the Ijaw Youths Council (IYC) have threatened to reenact the 12 days revolution proclaimed by their hero, Major Isaac Adaka Boro, in 1966 to secede from Nigeria.

The IYC said in a statement released on Sunday by its spokesman, Ebilade Ekerefe, to commemorate the 53rd anniversary of Boro’s death that the Federal Government’s continued neglect and exploitation of the Niger Delta region will lead to a more volatile revolution than the one witnessed in 1966.

The government must immediately “constitute the substantive board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) and take measures towards proper restructuring and true federalism in the country” to dissuade them from carrying out their program, according to the declaration.
The IYC noted that while the Niger Delta has remained peaceful amid calls for attention to the region’s plight, the Buhari administration’s failure to accede to the region’s demands force it to reenact the drama that led to the declaration of a republic in response to inequality, lack of fairness in infrastructure growth, and the region’s political status.

“We also want Nigerians to know that the 30-day deadline given to President Muhammadu Buhari and the Federal Government on April 25th is still in effect.
“We are ready and will not back down from demanding the immediate reconstitution of the substantive board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC).

“If the frivolous excuse of the Buhari-led administration on NDDC is forensic audit, what excuse would they present for the delay in the completion of the East-West road?

“Many travellers have died, irrespective of their status. And many are still dying due to the deplorable condition of the road.

“As a council and toeing the line of our visionary hero, Jasper Adaka Boro, we are warning that despite our love for peace, may the Federal Government not let the region re-enact the drama which led to the 12 days revolution against injustice, lack of fair play in infrastructural development and political status of the region,” the statement read.

 

Merciless Israel loses 10, kills 197 in Gaza

 

The death toll mounted in Gaza on Monday as Israeli air strikes hammered the Gaza Strip, in continuation of the week of violence between the Jewish state and Palestinian militants.

At the last count, 207 people have died, with 197 of the dead recorded in Gaza.

Among the dead Gazans were at least 58 children.

More than 1,200 have also been wounded since Israel launched its air campaign against Hamas on May 10 after the group fired rockets.

The heaviest exchange of fire in years was sparked by unrest in Jerusalem.

In Israel, 10 people, including one child, have been killed and 294 wounded by rocket fire launched by Hamas in Gaza.

Overnight Sunday to Monday, Israel launched dozens of strikes in the space of a few minutes across the crowded coastal Palestinian enclave controlled by Islamist group Hamas. Flames lit up the sky as blasts shook Gaza city.

The strikes caused widespread power cuts and damaged hundreds of buildings, local authorities said.

Israel’s army said in a statement that it hit the homes of nine ‘high-ranking’ Hamas commanders, without providing details on casualties.

The overnight bombardment also included a third round of strikes on what the army calls the ‘Metro,’ its term for a Hamas underground tunnel network.

Israel said 54 fighter jets pounded nine miles of tunnels, which the army has previously acknowledged runs in part through civilian areas.

Israel’s military said Gaza militants had fired about 60 rockets towards Israeli cities overnight, down from 120 and 200 the two previous nights.

A Palestinian sponge factory in northern Gaza was hit in a morning air strike and firefighters battled to quell the blaze, which sent plumes of smoke into the air.

With the sounds of Israeli bombardment continuing throughout the morning, Gaza residents rushed to bakeries and drugstores to stock up on bread and other essentials.

“My children couldn’t sleep all night even after the wave of intensive bombing stopped,” said Umm Naeem, 50, a mother of five, as she shopped for bread in Gaza City. “What is happening to us is too much, but Jerusalem deserves all the sacrifices.”

Hamas began its rocket assault last Monday after weeks of tensions over a court case to evict several Palestinian families in East Jerusalem, and in retaliation for Israeli police clashes with Palestinians near the city’s al-Aqsa Mosque, Islam’s third holiest site, during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.

World concern had already deepened after an Israeli air strike in Gaza that destroyed several homes on Sunday and which Palestinian health officials said killed 42 people, including 10 children, and persistent rocket attacks on Israeli towns.

“All parties need to deescalate tensions – the violence must end immediately”, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken wrote on Twitter, injecting more urgency into Washington’s calls for calm after speaking with Egypt’s foreign minister.

At a U.N. Security Council meeting on Sunday, the United States said it had made clear to Israel, the Palestinians and others that it was ready to offer support “should the parties seek a ceasefire”. read more

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel’s campaign in Gaza was continuing at “full force”, and that deterrence had to be achieved to prevent future conflict with Hamas.

 

Kidnappers Have made Close to N200 Million Naira in Ogun Communities within Two Weeks – OPC Alleges

 

A frontline Yoruba militia group, Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC), yesterday indicated that close to N200 million might have been made within two months by armed Fulani herdsmen, who have occupied many Ogun State communities, kidnapping for ransom.

In a statement made by the state Coordinator of OPC, Chief Adesina Jimoh, the group said it was now clear that the security agents could no longer handle the situation.

Jimoh stated that the OPC was set to serve as an alternative platform to secure lives and property in the state, and would from now on repel the headers “fire for fire, and violence for violence.”

He quoted a report in the media that the killer herders “collected the sum of N34.5 million in three separate operations carried out in one week in Ogun State.”

The OPC leader also cited another publication which stated: “The kidnappers suspected to be herdsmen reportedly collected over N30 million from the eight victims in three separate operations carried out in different parts of the state.

“Recall also that around the second week of March 2021, two female students of Olabisi Onabanjo University (OOU), Aiyetoro campus, were kidnapped and paid the sum of N50 million.”

He added that a female teacher, a female nurse and her guests were also recently kidnapped at the Ijebu Igbo axis of the state, in which several millions of naira were paid as ransom to secure their release.

Jimoh further lamented that at the Olubo village on the Abeokuta-Aiyetoro-Imeko/Afon road in early April this year, a medical doctor and a nurse were abducted, and that a month after, their relatives could only pay N4.5 million ransom before they could regain freedom.

The OPC leader said one of the instances showing that the situation at hand was too enormous for the police alone to handle was the gale of kidnappings that occurred barely 48 hours after the state police command recently paraded 16 suspected kidnappers.

“It is worrisome to note that barely 48 hours after these criminals were paraded at the police headquarters in Eleweran, Abeokuta, four other people-three market women and a driver-were also kidnapped at a spot near Olubo village on the same Imeko/Afin-Aiyetoro-Abeokuta in the Yewa North Local Government Area of the state,” he recounted.

Jimoh noted that it was evident that the series of attacks, kidnapping and rape cases could be traced to the Fulani herders, and that the situation had ethnic undertone.

“Report has it that though the victims (of the Olugbo village kidnap) were selected in random, however, Hausa/Fulani women, who were inside the same vehicle conveying those victims, were released during the operation,” he said.

 

 

Again, another INEC HQs razed by fire in Enugu

 

The headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Enugu State, was razed by an inferno on Sunday night barely one week after the office in Obollo-Afor, Udenu was also razed.

The office is located at number 1 Achi Street by Agric Bank Bus stop in Independence Layout, Enugu.

This was confirmed by the Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr Mohammed Aliyu, via a statement released to the press.

The commissioner, who did not respond to further questions, said that he was still at the scene of the incident to save the office from the disaster.

It was gathered that the Enugu State Fire Service, as well as the Federal Fire Service, were also doing everything possible to quench the fire.

The state’s Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Dr Emeka Ononamadu is yet to issue an official statement regarding the situation.

 

“Quit Social Media Politics”, Fayemi Urges youths

 

The Chairman of Nigeria’s Governors’ Forum, Dr Kayode Fayemi, has advised Nigerian youths to quit social media politics and get involved in real politics that will connect them with the people if they are serious about effecting changes in the country.

Fayemi, who is the Ekiti State Governor, said this in the goodwill message he delivered in Ibadan on Friday at the National Security and Peace symposium to mark the 45th birthday of a member of House of Representatives, representing Iseyin/Itesiwaju/Iwajowa/Kajola Federal Constituency, Shina Peller.

He said Peller had performed creditably well and had impacted the lives of the people of his constituency, the state and the country, saying the youths should emulate him.

He said, “If we want to make a difference, our young ones cannot just remain Twitter revolutionaries. They have to be on the ground, they have to be in their wards, they have to be in their constituencies. They have to be involved in real politics with the people in order to really connect themselves beyond just writing and be active on Twitter and Facebook

“They have to cease to be paper weight politicians by being in the midst of the people.”

Speaking on the insecurity in the country, Fayemi said Nigeria could overcome its challenges with sincerity and determination to tackle the problem.

He stated that countries with worse problems than these overcame theirs because they were sincere about solving their problems.

Fayemi said, “Our country is going through a lot of challenges but these challenges are not insurmountable. They are challenges that can be overcome. Countries that have been in far deeper problem in the past overcame their challenges.

“If we are singleminded and demonstrate sincerity of purpose, if we are committed about transforming Nigeria for the better and understanding our challenges, if we are honest, purpose driven and determined, we will put behind us, all the triggers of violence in the land be it insurgency, banditry, kidnapping, armed robbery,

“As long as we are tough on the crime and criminality, we must also be tough on the causes of the crime. We all know those causes of the crime that have been in our country.

“Inequality is clearly a major cause, poverty is another and unemployment is the one we all see. When you see what my brother (Peller) has done in the House of Representatives and in his constituency in terms of poverty eradication, in terms of community empowerment and bridging the gap between the privileged and the less privileged in our community, you will know that this is an indication of what he can do if he is saddled with higher responsibility.”

The Dean, Multi-disciplinary Studies, University of Ibadan, Prof. Olawale Albert, who was the guest lecturer said Nigeria had become a huge slaughter slab and that no part of it was safe as criminals daily roam about killing, manning and kidnapping many.

Albert said, “On the balance, it is argued here that there is little the international community can do to help Nigeria when the country is not doing enough to help itself. Hence, what matters most at this moment is for Nigeria now to start investing more on its whole of nation, society and nation approaches.

“The most strategic is the whole of the national approach. Once a nation is formed from the multiplicity of sub-nationalities now competing for the ownership and management of Nigeria, every other things would fall in place. In other words, the country must first become a nation for the whole of the government and other approaches to work.

“Having sustainable peace and security in this respect requires doing everything that could be done to win back the hearts and minds of Nigeria.

“Most Nigerians are disappointed with how the country has been mismanaged over the years. For now, Nigerians do not believe in themselves and their leaders. More annoying to the people is the way Nigerian leaders seek to turn deceits into a philosophy of governance.”

Some of the dignitaries present at the lecture were wife of Senator Abiola Ajimobi, Florence; the Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Saliu Adeyunji; the Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Abdulrosheed Akanbi; Senator Teslim Folarin, former Minister of Communication, Adebayo Shittu among others.

 

EU Set To Hold Urgent Video Talks Over Escalating Israel-Palestinian Fighting On Tuesday

 

European Union’s foreign ministers will hold urgent video talks on the escalating fighting between Israel and the Palestinians on Tuesday, the bloc’s foreign policy chief said.

“In view of the ongoing escalation between Israel and Palestine and the unacceptable number of civilian casualties, I am convening an extraordinary VTC of the EU Foreign Ministers on Tuesday,” Josep Borrell wrote on Twitter Sunday.
“We will coordinate and discuss how the EU can best contribute to end the current violence.”

The heaviest fighting since 2014 between Israel and Islamist group Hamas, sparked by unrest in Jerusalem, has claimed 174 lives in the crowded coastal enclave of Gaza and killed 10 people in Israel since Monday.

The EU says Borrell has been conducting “intense” diplomatic efforts to try to help de-escalate the violence – holding talks with Israeli and Palestinian leaders, and the top diplomats from neighbouring nations.

“The EU’s priority and message in this context remains clear: violence must end now,” the bloc’s foreign service said in a statement Saturday.

The EU’s 27 nations often struggle to find a common position over the conflict with some members including Germany, Austria and Slovenia firmly supporting Israel’s right to defend itself and others urging it show greater restraint. (AFP)

 

 

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