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mrvitalis:
Tinubu should tell us his primary and secondary school and the year he graduated then we would take him serious

How does this address the question now?

I think I have heard some people say that Wikipedia's contents can be supplied and edited by just anybody? I'm not sure how true this is. But can someone enlighten me?

Valkrie:
Oga, Israel flew a modified American jet from Israel to bomb a missile manufacturing factory in sudan and went back without the Sudanese knowing till after they started hearing kaboommm...!! Abi you don forget...? Stop saying what you don't know.....!! In war all is fair and Isreal don't even give a furckk about any bloody rules of engagement...they only care in seeing the work through and that's all...!!

In war?! Where is that war? You mean Israel and Nigeria are currently at war? When was that declared? And on what issue? You amuse me really.

The Yoruba are exceptional people; precocious, tactful, urbane, and temperate. They are about the most sophisticated of the ethnic groups in Nigeria. They know when to pounce when to retreat, and when to negotiate. For the Yoruba, it is about the collective. It is always about the whole. Group interest does not succumb to the sway of individual ambition. They live by the winsome ‘’kparapo philosophy’’ and the ‘’omoluabi element’’ is never musty.

Let me detour.

A united Nigeria remains the most operational means of preserving and protecting the variegated interests of those within the territory. While the ‘’big three’’ — Igbo, Hausa, and Yoruba – jostle for sectional dividends, they forget that there are other groups — the presumed minority ethnic nationalities — in the phylum. Nigeria has over 250 ethnic nationalities, but are they supposed small lot lesser citizens? Should the interest of the ‘’big three’’ be the governing aspiration and grail of other groupings in the taxonomy?

Have we asked what the Affade in Yobe state; the Afizere in Plateau state; Afo (Eloyi) in Nasarawa state; the Baushi in Niger state; the Boki in Cross River, the Annang in Akwa Ibom, and many other classes under the Nigerian family tree want? Some apostles of secessionism have even conscripted these ethnic nationalities into their abstract territories by fait — without considering their peculiarities.

The arrogance of the Igbo, the Yoruba, and the Hausa are largely responsible for the parlous state of the country. Nigeria should not rise and fall on ‘’this big three’’. Nigeria is bigger and stronger than any of this group on which the country currently pivots. A united Nigeria guarantees freedom – to exist — for the small ethnic genus.

As I have always said, a united Nigeria remains a viable venture for all.

End of detour.

I have followed the agitations for self-determination by the peoples of southern Nigeria, and my interest is piqued by the crusading techniques of the agitators from the south-west. Even in potentially combustible situations, they have managed to arrest their emotions and keep their demons in the abyss.

Although they took their agitation to the streets a number of times, they have always been circumspect about when to retreat and not go off the deep end. Tact is a weapon the Yoruba deploy masterfully in knotty situations. Instead of going ‘’all-head-in’’, they step back and dispatch the greatest ammunition in the armoury of human civilisation. Tact does it for the Yoruba.

On Thursday, the Ilana Omo Oodua, the group crusading for an independent Yoruba nation led by Banji Akintoye, released a manual to guide its members in their cause for self-determination. They declared: ‘’NO TO VIOLENT STRUGGLE’’. This declaration comes in the heat of the arrest and detention of Sunday Igboho, the firebrand agitator, in the Benin Republic.

Here is a demonstration of great percipience by the Yoruba nation agitators: “We, Yoruba, lead in the choice of the peaceful and law-abiding path to our goal of a separate country of our own. And we the servants of the Yoruba nation in this struggle faithfully operate, and will always faithfully operate, with methods of peaceful organisation, peaceful demands, peaceful propaganda, peaceful protests, peaceful legal actions, peaceful political persuasion, and peaceful negotiation. We will push for negotiating tables and never push for street brawls or any other kind of conflict. And if we find, among our people, any nationalist activist person or group that is inclined towards violence, we will encourage them to turn instead to peaceful and law-abiding means.

‘’After careful studies of the records of separatist movements in our world, we are persuaded that the peaceful approach is more likely to succeed. Various nationalist agitations in various countries of the world have, in the course of the past century, employed violent means at various times while striving to achieve their nationalist goals. Yoruba groups engaged in serving the Yoruba nation need to note carefully that none of these uses of violent or terroristic methods achieved their purpose of self-determination or autonomy for their nations; all they succeeded in doing was to generate confrontations and wars with the governments of their countries.’’

By denouncing violence and emphasising peaceful methods for achieving self-determination, the Yoruba nation agitators have judiciously submitted to Nigeria’s laws while not obviating their agenda. It also wins them more sympathy. This is in contrast to the approach of their sibling crusaders in the Lower Niger Area who unleashed violence on security agents and citizens, threatening critics, destroying property, and ended up turning their region into Aleppo in Syria.

Violence achieves nothing but death, broken bones, and spilled blood.

Self-determination is a universal right, but taking up arms to kill citizens and security agents of government is terrorism.

Really, in all the agitations across divides, the endgame is not to secede. The 2023 presidential election is the Venus flytrap with nectar attracting all kinds of creatures. I believe by that time these agitations will taper off. The agitations are ‘’precious material’’ for political negotiations. The Yoruba are playing their cards right.

Tact has won this ‘’agitation’’ for the Yoruba.

By Fredrick ‘Mr OneNigeria’ Nwabufo

https://www.thecable.ng/the-yoruba-have-won-their-agitation

This OP is a joker!
You think the world is still at a primitive stage when a sovereign country will just rise up an carry out a military attack on another sovereign country on an issue without employing a diplomatic approach?

It is not a Correctional Center, please. It is just the Headquarters Complex for the administrative staff of the Correctional Centers in Osun State. The actual Custodial Centers are in Ilesa and Ile-Ife. No custodial center in Osogbo.

As part of efforts to improve the workforce of its public schools, Osun Government has officially released the results of the qualifying examination for candidates seeking employment as teachers in its public schools.

This followed the conduct of a Computer-Based Test for over 27,000 applicants across designated centres in the State.

In a statement released on Monday by the Commissioner for Information and Civic Orientation, Mrs Funke Egbemode, after the week’s State’s Executive Council Meeting, the government reported that 11,068 candidates made the cut-off points for basic and post- basic primary schools respectively.

This also included 13 persons with specials needs.

The statement read in part: “Contrary to the faulty statistics that had been in circulation on the social media, the government has released the official result of the qualifying examination for teachers.

“A total of 5,216 candidates made the cut-off mark for post-basic schools, being 40% and above, while a total of 5,852 candidates made the cut-off mark for primary schools, being 35%.

“This brings the total qualified candidates to 11,068 after the first round of the recruitment exercise.

“Those who qualified after this round will proceed to the stage of proficiency interview and micro-teaching in areas of specialisation at a date that will be communicated soon.

“The government has shown generosity and understanding with its benchmark, but will not fail to uphold professionalism and merit in the recruitment process.

“Candidates who make the shortlist after the CBT screening are advised to upscale their preparation for subsequent rounds of interviews and give a good account of themselves to make the merit list.

“The teaching profession is a very crucial one that has a strong implication for the future of a society. Teachers are very important in building a society and securing the future of a nation.” The statement read.


https://osunnewsroom.com/teachers-recruitment-osun-releases-qualifying-exams-results/amp/?__twitter_impression=true

The convict, Isha Muhammad, is from another part of Nigeria. He worked as a Palm tree harvester in that rural community in Osun State at which he committed the crime. He is popular in that community, particularly among women who usually engaged his services to help them harvest palm trees.

ON DECEMBER 15, 2020
By Shina Abubakar, Osogbo

A middle-aged man, Isha Muhammad, was on Monday sentenced to seven years imprisonment for defiling an 8 years old girl.

The convict was first arraigned before Justice Olusegun Agboola on three counts bordering on rape, defilement and indecent assault contrary to sections 357, 218 and 360 and punishable under sections 358, 218 of the Criminal Code Cap. 34, Vol. 11, Laws of Osun State.

However, the defendant pleaded not guilty to the charges preferred against him. During the trial stage, the prosecuting counsel from the Ministry of Justice, Idayat Abdulrahman called five witnesses and tendered six exhibits before the court.

Abdulrahman told the court that the convict on April 19, 2020, at about 8 pm attacked the victim in the kitchen, laid her on the floor and forcefully had carnal knowledge of her while covering her mouth.

According to the counsel, on April 20, 2020, the victim’s aunt, Araoye Bolanle, 26, observed flies the victim’s lower body and upon checking her pants discovered bloodstain and substance suspected to be semen.

“Araoye inquired from the victim what happened and the minor narrated how she was defiled by the convict in the kitchen. She took her(victim) to Divisional Police Headquarters at Okuku, where she reported the matter,” she said.

The police, according to the counsel took the victim to a hospital for test and was also treated. She tendered before the court the medical report and the confessional statement of the convict.

Meanwhile, defense counsel, Mr J. Babalola, called three witnesses in favour of the convict and also tendered three exhibits before the court.

In his judgement, Justice Agboola declared Isah guilty and convicted him accordingly.

He then sentenced him to seven years for defilement and one year for indecent assault, adding that both terms should be served concurrently.

https://www.vanguardngr.com/2020/12/man-bags-seven-years-jail-term-for-defiling-a-minor-in-osun/

The Ijebu, The Yoruba and Their Influence on The Bible and Judaism

By Reno Omokri

First published on my personal Facebook profile in 2017, then republished in my ThisDay column, TheAlternative, on Sunday, September 30, 2018.

I am reposting this article, that I wrote last year again, because some Yoruba elders have investigated and found that I was right about the origin and meaning of the word Yoruba (Yar’iba). Can those Yoruba who insulted me in September 2018, now read and apologise?

One of the most fascinating aspects of the history of the Black Race is hidden in plain sight and I have known this for years, but I have been a coward. I know my people. I know how some of us love to deprecate their own selves. And I was afraid that if I wrote about the truth, I would be attacked. But when has it ever been that truth was first celebrated?

For the truth, it has always been as Mahatma Gandhi said “First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.” I have no interest in winning. I just want the truth to be out there.

But as I woke up this morning, a Force propelled me. I was so restless and I asked myself why I was restless. And the words of John 8:32 were emblazoned on my mind:

“you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.”

Elsewhere, I have written about the biblical Nimrod (the first world emperor) in Genesis 10. I showed in actual fact that there was nothing like Nimrod. His real name is Namrud in Aramaic and Arabic. From where the European translators got the name Nimrod, I would not know. But the name found in the Pentateuch is Namrud. Do not take my word for it. Google it. Or go to a reference library.

I had also said that that Namrud was no other person than Lamurudu, the father of Oduduwa, the father of the Yoruba people. If you want evidence, Google my article ‘Why Black Man dey Suffer today.’

But today, I want to reveal the truth about a place called Jerusalem.

Many people do not realise that the original name for Jerusalem was not Jerusalem but actually Jebus. If you doubt me, stop reading right now and Google the word Jebus. Or go to a reference library.

The Jebus were a tribe that occupied the modern day Jerusalem before they were conquered by King David. This is a historical fact. It is also recorded in the Bible.

In Joshua 11:3, we read:

“And to the Canaanite on the east and on the west, and to the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Jebusite in the mountains, and to the Hivite under Hermon in the land of Mizpeh.”

Now, note those words “the Jebusite in the mountains”. It is very important, as I will explain later.

Do not be confused by the use of the generic term ite after the names of tribes. They were not used in the original Hebrew Scriptures. It was the European and specifically the English translators of the Hebrew Scriptures, that added the generic suffix, ite.

So for example, in their eyes, a person from Canaan would be a Canaanite. The children of Ammon would be called Ammonites. And those from Jebus were called Jebusites.

I do not know why they did this. Did they do it to deceive, confuse, or hide the truth? Or, did they do it for ease of reference? Your guess is as good as mine.

Now, if you read 2 Samuel 5:6, it says:

“The king and his men marched to Jerusalem to attack the Jebusites, who lived there.”

The King here, refers to David. David attacked Jebus and defeated them as we can see in verse 8 of 2 Samuel 5 which says:

“David had said, "Anyone who conquers the Jebusites will have to use the water shaft to reach those 'lame and blind' who are David's enemies."

In verse 9, we read that David defeated the Jebusites, but did not take up residence in the mountains, where most of them lived (remember I told you to remember the mountains).

He chose to reside in the lowlands surrounding the mountains as we read in verse 9:

“David then took up residence in the fortress and called it the City of David. He built up the area around it, from the terraces inward.”

In actual fact, the name Jebus that you read about in The Bible, refers to a tribe now known as Ijebu in Southwest Nigeria.

I have just blown your mind. I know. It sounds like blasphemy. Heresy. But please let me land!

The Ijebu do not really call themselves I-J-E-B-U, the way an outsider would pronounce all syllables. They actually call themselves J-E-B-U, with the I before jebu silent.

And the Ijebu people are unlike other Yoruba tribes in that they do not claim Yoruba heritage. They have something you would find nowhere else in Yoruba land. They have a king called Awujale.

The Awujale of Ijebu, Sikiru Adetona, revealed in an interview, (which I urge every reader of this article to read: simply Google Middle East origins of the Ijebu), that the Ijebu originally came from the area around the Middle East to the Sudan.

This agrees with the biblical references in Joshua 11:3 and 12:10 as well as 2 Samuel 5:6-10.

So if the Jebus were the original inhabitants of Jerusalem, where does the word Jerusalem come from?

You see, the Ijebu or Jebu is the name of the tribe. However, they name their towns, villages and habitations after the topography of their environment.

So for instance, in modern day Nigeria, the Ijebu towns are known by the prefix Ijebu, followed by a suffix indicating their topography. Today, the Ijebu towns are known as Ijebu-Ode (which may loosely mean outer Ijebu), Ijebu-Igbo (which may loosely mean forested Ijebu). You also have Ijebu-Remo, Ijebu-Isiwo and other Ijebu towns, villages and communities that begin with the prefix Ijebu and end with a suffix depicting their topography or to a lesser extent, their history.

Now, recall that I urged my readers to remember that in Joshua 11:3, the Jebus were referred to as living in the mountains, but in 2 Samuel 5:6, the Bible records that the Jebus lived in Jerusalem.

Psalm 125:2 reads:

“As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so the LORD surrounds his people both now and forevermore.”

Jerusalem is a town surrounded by mountains. Even today, some residents of Jerusalem live in the mountains, others live in the lowlands or valley.

The Jebus who were living in the lowlands of Jerusalem and who were conquered by King David in 2 Samuel chapter 5 were Ijebu-Isale, loosely meaning Ijebu of the lowland or valley.

It is that Ijebu-Isale, which the natives would have called Jebu-sale (both i’s after Ijebu and Isale would have been silent) that was mispronounced as Jeru-Sale by King David and his men, because 2 Samuel chapter 5 quite clearly states that King David built the city of David in the lowland. Jeru-Sale became Jerusalem.

The challenge many Black People have is that we do not read. It is still true today that if you want to hide something from a Black man, you hide it in a book.

These things you just read are not secrets. They have been hidden in the most popular book in the world for centuries! They are in The Bible!

It grieves me when I see Black People, especially people of the Igbo tribe of Nigeria, say that their culture is derived from Jewish culture. That is not true and I will prove it using only Scripture.

Many people do not realise that there is a difference between being a Hebrew and being Jewish.

Hebrews are the descendants of Abraham. Jews are those who profess the faith of Judaism.

The faith of Judaism is not actually traced to Abraham, although the God of Judaism (whom I believe in) is the same God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.

The fact is that the prophet Moses (Moshe) was the founder of Judaism. [/b]But how did he come about his spiritual knowledge?

Moses was an Egyptian general of Hebrew descent. For the first 40 years of his life, he lived in Egypt and had no connection with the one true God.

It was only when he ran away from Egypt after killing an Egyptian, that he met God.

Moses sought asylum in Midian, where he lived for forty years. He married Zipporah, the daughter of Jethro, the priest of Midian (also known as Reuel). This is very important. Why? Because Jethro was Black. How do I know? The Bible tells us.

Numbers 12:1 reads:

“And Miriam and Aaron spake against Moses because of the Ethiopian woman whom he had married: for he had married an Ethiopian woman.”

If you read the same verse in the NIV, it says:

“Miriam and Aaron began to talk against Moses because of his Cushite wife, for he had married a Cushite.”

Cush is the Hebrew word for Black. Do not be confused by the use of Ethiopian by the King James Version. When the KJV uses the term Ethiopian, what it actually means is Black Africa. You see, when the King James Version was written, Africa was known as Ethiopia and Black People were called Ethiope.

Google the word Ethiope if you doubt me. The nation now known as Ethiopia is referred to as Sheba in the Old Testament. It is NEVER referred to as Ethiopia (except in the New Testament). Hence, the Queen of Ethiopia who visited King Solomon is referred to as the Queen of Sheba, not Queen of Ethiopia.

So Moses was living with Black People in Midia and married the daughter of their Black priest. It was while he was there that he had the encounter with God described as the Burning Bush experience of Exodus 3.

A lot of the spiritual and physical laws which Moses passed on to the Hebrews in the form of the religion of Judaism were actually taught to him by his Black father-in-law. How do I know? Because the bible says so.

Exodus 18:24 says:

“Moses listened to his father-in-law and did everything he said.”

This is the reason why there are so many similarities between Jewish culture and Black African culture.

For example, in Deuteronomy 25:5, Moses taught that if a man dies without a seed, his brother, who is next in line, will produce seed for him through his widowed wife.

In the New Testament, the Sadducees threw this law at the face of our Lord Jesus in Matthew 22:24 which reads:

“Teacher," they said, "Moses told us that if a man dies without having children, his brother must marry the widow and raise up offspring for him.”

This custom is present in the original customary laws of almost all Black African tribes. Africans did not learn this from the Jews. The Jews learnt it from Africans.

Africans need to realise that the very first nation mentioned in the Bible is the Black Race.
Genesis 2:13 reads:

“The name of the second river is the Gihon; it winds through the entire land of Cush.”

That word Cush is the Hebrew word for the Black Race till this very day.


Even the way that the Jews consulted God (divination) is of Black origin. Many times, when we read that God told a Jewish prophet something, it is not that God came down or spoke to them in dreams or through an angel, which did happen. However, by far the most consistent way that the Israelites consulted and heard from God, was through the practice of divination. It is in the Bible.

Aaron was a diviner. He cast lots, using holy jewelled beads called Urim and Thummim.

Exodus 28:30 reads:

“Also put the Urim and the Thummim in the breastpiece, so they may be over Aaron's heart whenever he enters the presence of the LORD. Thus Aaron will always bear the means of making decisions for the Israelites over his heart before the LORD.”

David was recorded as a good king because he regularly practiced divination (casting the lot).

We see this in 1 chronicles 24:31

“They also cast lots, just as their relatives the descendants of Aaron did, in the presence of King David and of Zadok, Ahimelek, and the heads of families of the priests and of the Levites. The families of the oldest brother were treated the same as those of the youngest.”

Even the land of Canaan was divided amongst the tribes of Israel by divination.

Numbers 26:55 reads:

“But the land shall be divided by lot. They shall receive their inheritance according to the names of the tribes of their fathers.”

Even in the New Testament, the disciples of our Lord and Saviour used divination to choose a successor to Judas Iscariot.

In Acts 1:26 we read:

“Then they cast lots, and the lot fell to Matthias; so he was added to the eleven apostles.”

This practice of casting lots, is a very ancient and still common practice amongst the Jebu or Ijebu people of Nigeria specifically and amongst the descendants of Oduduwa.

Just as the Jewish priests use beaded jewels known as Urim and Thumim, so do the Jebu or Ijebu and the Omo Oduduwa use beads for their divination.

If you have ever watched a Nollywood movie where a traditional priest threw beads on the floor and saw the future or identified a culprit who stole or predicted the outcome of a given venture, that was the ancient Black African science of divination.

Now, I have used the word, Yoruba, to describe the Omo Oduduwa as distinct from the Jebu or Ijebu. But ask any Yoruba elder for the meaning of Yoruba and they have no clue. The truth is that before the British came, there was NOTHING like Yoruba.

You were either Egba, Owu, Ijesha, Awori, etc. You will not find any document bearing the word Yoruba from the 18th century. The omo Oduduwa now called Yoruba used to call themselves omooluabi.

The word Yoruba actually comes from the word Yar’Iba. It is a Fulani word dating from the days of slavery. If you read the memoirs of Bishop Samual Ajayi Crowther, he did not refer to himself as Yoruba.

In his memoirs, Ajayi Crowther revealed that he was raided from his village in Osogun (in present day Oyo state) by Fulani slave raiders (different from slave traders).

The Fulani were notorious for raiding tribes of the lower Niger. They called the Igbo Yar’Miri, which is a derogatory name that they still call them in the North (Nyamiri). The Yorubas they called Yar’Iba. I know the meaning of that word and it is so derogatory that I will not reveal it here.

It was the British, who in search of an ethnic identity for the Omo Oduduwa, took the derogatory word Yar’iba, and mispronounced it as Yoruba.

The actual name for the Yoruba or the Omo Oduduwa, is omoluabi, which is a word that evolved from omo-ti-olu-iwa-bi, meaning the child that the lord of character begat.

Many people, including many modern day Yoruba speakers, think that Oluwa means Lord. No it does not. Oluwa connotes Lord, but it does not mean just lord. It means Lord of Iwa, meaning character or good morals.

Now what is the origin of omo-ti-olu-iwa-bi? Many, myself included, think it goes back to the origin of Adam, the child that had no mother or father but was begotten by the Lord as we read in Genesis 2, which itself agrees with the folkloric origins of Oduduwa’s ancestral line through Lamurudu.

I know that these revelations may be shocking and could even seem like heresy to some of my readers, but I urge everyone who has read this to behave like the Berean people.

Acts 17:11 reads:

“Now the Berean Jews were of more noble character than those in Thessalonica, for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see if what Paul said was true.”

Please search the Scriptures. Everything you have read here is based on Scripture, shocking as it may be.

Reno Omokri

Deep Thinker. #1 Bestselling author of Facts Versus Fiction: The True Story of the Jonathan Years. Avid traveller. Table Shaker. Buhari Tormentor. Sharer of the Gospel.

Electoral College votes so far:

Dozis:
You don't get the point, we are talking of the developmental impact of Lagos being the former capital of Nigeria, not the geographical area or the place that capital was located.

If I understand the argument between you both, most of what constitute the developmental edges that Lagos has today over other States, particularly in infrastructures are as a result of it being the former FCT. The fact, however, is that Lagos, being the FCT of Nigeria, did not cover the whole of Lagos, FCT' s administration and impact was restricted to some part of Lagos, not the entire Lagos we knew then and now.

Dozis:
You limited the whole federal presence in Lagos to just a local government, wonderful!!.
Also Rock is the capital of Nigeria not Abuja according to you.

Sentiments and politics apart, the guy is actually right on what he said about Lagos. He is only telling you basic History.

The substantial parts of what is today known as Lagos and Lagos State at large were not under both the pre-independence and the post-independence Federal Administration of Nigeria. They were largely under the Western Regional administration. You may need to get your hand on a book about the pre-colonial and post-colonial history of Lagos.

A debate like this is also an easy avenue for a challenger like Ize-Iyamu to talk himself so impressively into trouble. In his effort to talk down on his opponent and impress people, he can make bogus promises that he can't fulfill, if he eventually get elected.

Not always easy to debate being an incumbent! The scale always swings against the incumbent because he gets what to criticise. It's not so with a challenging candidate like Ize-Iyamu because there is basically nothing to rate him upon. So it is easy for him to pick holes in his opponent's programme.

It is more laughable when Ebonyi Government cited deterioration in quality services as part of its explanation for taking over of the hospital. A private hospital that has kept existing for over a hundred years and still running can least be accused of lack of proper management in Nigeria. How many of Government's property, not to talk of hospitals, of less than 20 years are still in good existence? It is the choice of citizens to decide never to patronize an entity they deem not offering quality services. It is not a ground for any government to turn that private organization to its own. Government can only play a regulatory role.

Now, every government can now go on to take over private businesses and turn them to state property on a flimsy excuse of lack of quality services. Ebonyi State Government has set an horrible precedence not even witnessed under the worst of military juntas.

It appears the Ebonyi State Government is just labouring to bring up an excuse to justify a take over exercise for no sound reasons. Ebonyi State Government might have privately approached the Presbyterian Church to release the Hospital for it to convert to a University Teaching Hospital and the Church had refused. That might be the reason for this forceful, authoritarian and tyrannical take over and nothing more.

The Ebonyi State's claim that it took over the ownership of the Hospital in order to forestall a breakdown of law and order between the Presbyterian Church and Uburu community is the most comical of it all. It reminds one of the draconian powers exercised by those primitive kings of the olden days. As a selfish excuse to settle a dispute between two men fighting over a girl, the king would step in and take over the beautiful girl as his wife!

The Presbyterian Church Nigeria should assemble a formidable team of brilliant lawyers now to approach the Court of law to reverse this daylight robbery and devious property grabbing by the Ebonyi State Government.

If a land lease agreement between a community and a private establishment have expired, is government's taking over of the land and the entire property and investment concerns put on it the only or the best solution? It is purely a private matter between two private parties to an agreement which dispute can only be settled in a civil court through an action by one of the aggrieved parties.

It is curious when the State Government is even speaking from both sides of the mouth. In one breath, you said the community donated the land to the Church of Scotland Mission in 1911; which means it was a gift, in another breath you claimed the community leased the land to them for 100 years; which means it was a well-documented contractual transaction. Which one does the government want us to believe?

It is laughable for Ebonyi Government to say that the land was only leased to the Church of Scotland, not leased to the Presbyterian Church of Nigeria; that the Presbyterian Church only took over the hospital probably because most of the workers were members of the Church when the Church of Scotland was leaving. Imagine such a laughable story from a Government!

So it is possible that a group of people can just take over a property or an establishment belonging to an organization simply because they constitute a large number amongst its workers, without proper transfer of ownership?! And the Government said the same Church of Scotland kept sending personnel to the Hospital years after it had left Nigeria, even till the 1990's! How can a Government be this self-contradicting?

Government took over a private property, changed the name and renamed it after the State Government. Just like that! More than a 100-year-old establishment was taken over and all the property and the financial commitments put into it for over a period of one hundred years suddenly gone like that!

This is just the government's own side of the story. The Church's own side of the story must be heard. Certainly, there should be more to this story than Ebonyi State Government has told.

Just as it was in 1984/85 when Tunde Idiagbon was the strength of Buhari's military regime, Yemi Osinbajo is the power house of this administration. That's what makes the difference. Despite the attempt to muscle him out by the cabals and power hawks around Aso Rock, Osinbajo has proved to be the best Vice President Nigeria has ever had.

All because a person lives only on public fund, not on proceeds of any personal business..

Adekunbi Ero

★The Church will be Honoured, says Ize-Iyamu.

A group of pastors and church members in Edo State under the aegis of Believers Forum for Good Governance, BFGG, has pledged its support for the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC in the September 19 governorship election, Osagie Ize-Iyamu, promising to help him recover the mandate allegedly stolen from him in 2016. Ize-Iyamu, pastor of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, was the candidate of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP in the election which brought in incumbent governor, Godwin Obaseki. The APC candidate lost the contest against the electoral decision in the court.

The Believers’ Forum gave the assurance weekend when it presented some items to the governorship candidate at his GRA residence to support his campaign. Items donated included packets of branded bottled water and campaign flex to be hung at strategic locations across the state. Speaking at the presentation ceremony witnessed by former state deputy governor, Peter Obadan, a clergyman, President of the group, Osamuyimen Isibor, founder, God’s Household Ministry, Benin, recalled a similar support extended to Ize-Iyamu in 2016.

According to Isibor, “Today, we have also come to show to our honourable that by the grace of God, we are still standing. As members and pastors holding the ground in Benin, we are the voice of the land and we control 80 percent of pastors in Benin City. We have up to 7,000 members with 180 executives across the 18 local governments in Edo State; 7000 membership that will sit in any meeting which they have come many times to see us. So, we are out to support our pastor, Osagie Ize-Iyamu to take back the mandate which was stolen from him in the last election”. Isibor, who expressed their preparedness to help out in any way, stated that “if there is any challenging areas you want us to cover, let us know. We are ready even with our own money”.


Ostensibly lending credence to the recent alarm raised by the APC that its campaign billboards and other materials were allegedly being removed and destroyed by agents of the state government, the clergyman made a similar complaint. According to him, “One other thing we noticed is that we put one big flex in two areas, they went to remove them. We don’t know who is doing that. Anytime we put it on billboard, they will go there and tear it to replace it with PDP’s own. The last time I saw one, I confronted them. Only God knows how they almost removed my cap. I said I am the chairman of this body so you must come down now; we paid for it. However, we couldn’t stop them”.

Expressing conviction that Ize-Iyamu would deliver as governor, Isibor said “We have seen the SIMPLE agenda he has come up with and it showed he has very good programmes for Edo people. He has promised to bring out loans of not less than five percent interest to support people who are in business… Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu will not be moving from house to house to be giving people money. By so doing, all these business centres ; that is why we are reaching out to these business centres to tell them that it will profit them”.

He said the APC candidate also made a strong commitment to solve the problem of flooding in the state. “And we saw the vision and his passion; and as one of our colleagues, we are standing behind him to take over Edo State in 2020”, Isibor stated.

Accepting the donation, Ize-Iyamu thanked them for their support which he noted, had been consistent. Acknowledging their moral and financial support before and now, the former secretary to the state government said “I want to let you know that by the grace of God, your efforts will not be in vain. I believe that this is God’s time. The last time (2016), we were saying the future is now. This time, we are saying God’s time is now. I believe we will achieve this and it will be to the glory of God.

“I want to thank you and let you know that the Church will be honoured. And when we are talking about the Church, we are talking about you and I because we are the Church; and you have shown so much commitment. God does not even believe you should sow and not reap. There is a time to sow, and there is a time to reap; and by the grace of God, I believe that after September 19, we will be able to say that yes, indeed, the government is in our hands and we will be able to do well with it”.

Source: https://tell.ng/well-support-you-take-back-2016-stolen-mandate-believers-forum/amp/ :Pp=22505&__twitter_impression=true

IpobAntidote:
Wailing and crying by the IPIGS will increase after their loss in Edo. You will think it's they are from Edo.
With all these online wailing, you will think the election is won already.
They win online but loose at the real polls.

By then, democracy will have sustained serious injuries and be in danger in Edo and Nigeria. US, UK, EU, ECOWAS, AU and UNO will then be called to come and rescue democracy lying in ICU!

OBAGADAFFI:
Gaidon is still the Acting Chairman, while the Governor is chairman, All Progressives Congress (APC)’s caretaker committee, and extraordinary national convention.

Those are two different positions.

Once the NWC has been dissolved,there is no more Chairman or Acting Chairman. Victor Giadom laid claim to being an Acting Chairman by virtue of him being a member of the NWC, in the first place.

Somodooo:
Tinubu is a bastard drug dealing vagabond
he should leave ajimobi to rest

You still see Tinubu to attack in this news, too?!

One fascinating thing is that these similar things have been said over and over in the past about this same man.

millhouse:
Which faction, because the last time I checked there are 3 factions of APC in Rivers State..

The Magnus Abe faction that has just been recently affirmed by Court as the legally recognised Rivers State chapter of the APC.

Agboriotejoye:
There's no point dragging it. I've quoted salihu's words for you. Besides, the news days rivers APC not his ward which will mean that the nomination is invalid going with your logic.

You quoted Salihu's words and I refer to the same words you quoted as they agree with the provision of APC's Constitution that nomination of a Party member for a position is made from Ward level which is the primary constituency of every party member, to his LGA up to the State level and then to the Zone which only endorses the nomination. And I gave you Article 3(iii) of APC's Constitution that spells out the constituencies in their ascending order.

There no complexity in the news saying that Rivers APC nominates. It is actually in order and not invalid because a ward is just a component of the larger political structure of a State. And as a matter of fact, a ward cannot forward a nomination straight to the NWC. It has to pass from LGA to State level, then endorsed by the Zone up to the final ratification by the NWC/NEC.

What I'm telling you is not by my logic. It's by the Constitution of the Party in quetion.

Agboriotejoye:
"According to him, the North East stakeholders involving the Senate President, Ahmed Lawan, Secretary to the Government of the Federation SGF)l, Boss Mustapha and all APC Governors and members of the National Assembly from the zone, met and endorsed Bulama’s nomination for National Secretary and forwarded same to NEC for ratification .

He said; “I was part of the North East APC stakeholders that met and endorsed the nomination of Arc. Bulama and cannot go to court to seek for such position again.

“We the North East APC believe in the competence of Arc. Bulama and have appointed him into the position waiting for his ratification by the National Executive Committee NEC of the party.'

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Don't you see that your reference above actually supports my position that appointment into a National Office of a Party starts with the nomination of and support from the nominee's primary Constituency, which is his ward and then to the endorsement by Committees from his Zonal constituents? Zonal caucuses only meet to endorse the nomination already made from his ward up to his State level.

The fate of every Party Officer at any level rests on their status at the ward level. That's the spirit of the Constitutional provisions, gentleman.

Agboriotejoye:
Eehn!! What am I hearing? The president must be nominated by his ward? Where did you get dis from?

Yes! The President and Governors as aspirants within the Party must be nominated and supported from their primary wards to be eligible to contest for the ticket to vie for election into the Offices under the Party flagship. What do you think the idea of picking Nomination Forms by Presidential and Gubernatorial aspirants is all about? Who is nominating who?

Get the Constitution and Electoral Guidelines of any major Party and get yourself familiar with all these things.

Agboriotejoye:
He can. The position is to be filled by the south not rivers APC. [b]What needs is the endorsement of the south not rivers APC. If the south zones it to rivers APC then he'll need their endorsement. But if it is left for anyone from the south, then he doesn't need their endorsement. [/b]You've confused yourself.

There is no provision of the Party or any Party whatsover, apart from APC, that permits a member to occupy any National Office without nomination and support from his primary base, his constituency. No Zone can impose a candidate from a State on his State Chapter without their contribution. Read Article 31(1)(iii) with Articles 2 & 3(iii) to get a clearer understanding.

It does not support even a common sense, rather than law, for a Party Officer not to need the people of his Ward and State to get to a National Office only for him to need them when he is to apply for a waiver in the same office.

For Giadom to have been elected/appointed into the Office of the Deputy National Secretary, he had passed through the nomination process through his Ward to the State and Zonal constituents. And when he was to seek a waiver to retain that Office till he would be nominated to contest for an elective office, that's why he had to apply again through his Ward up to his LGA , State and Zone as provided for in Article 3(iii) of the Party Constitution.

So it is wrong to say that Giadom did not need his Ward or Rivers State Party Chapter when he occupied the NWC Office. He actually did. Now, the same people have exercised their power in nominating another person to replace him. And I tell you, it is a valid nomination.

Agboriotejoye:
Your interpretation is very wrong and not practicable. Let's start from the top. [b]You mean oshiomole as party chairman was nominated by all the wards in Nigeria? Or Ajimobi was nominated by ask the wards in the south? [/b]Constituency refers to the particular group with the right to fill the position. E.g. National chairmanship was zoned to the south. It means the southern caucus must endorse his candidacy for him to be able to contest. Same with Ajimobi who is representing the sw as deputy national chair, the sw caucus must endorse his candidacy. Hope you undertande now

No! But their nomination must come from their primary constituencies as relevant to them i.e. their wards. Their nomination must be supported by their wards primarily, before they can be endorsed to be validly appointed or elected into the offices by the State or Zonal constituents relevant to them, as the case may be. It doesn't mean all the wards in their State, Zone or Country, when the position is a national one.

Without their nomination being made and supported from the primary constituents/wards, no Party member can validly hold any office within the Party at State or National level.

For an Officer of the Party to be qualified to hold any office within the Party at State or National level, he must be nominated for it through his ward. And for him to be granted a waiver to retain that Office while seeking for nomination or a ticket to contest in a general election, as in the case of Giadom, he must apply for it through his Ward, too.

Article 31(3)(iii) of the APC's Constitution provides: "A person may be granted a waiver ONLY ON THE CONDITION that: He or she applied for waiver in writing to the National Working Committee of the Party THROUGH HIS/HER APPROPRIATE WARD, LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA/AREA COUNCIL, STATE, FEDERAL CAPITAL TERRITORY, and ZONAL COMMITTEES."