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FKO81:
The difference between Anambra and Lagos plus Ogun, The industries, markets, transport companies, films industries etc in Anambra, are 99% own by Igbos, a reasonable government low taxes to encourage indigenous investors, we can't strangle our people with high taxes, ask those in Lagos what they are going through, Ogun state with high IGR is known for deplorable roads, Ogun was among state declared bankrupt, still owning salaries, same Ogun was rated highest in numbers of suicide cases in Nigeria by NPF, Lagos, Ogun top list of indebted state in Nigeria, so a situation government is making high IGR while people are dying in penury, what the need of high IGR, Anambra government cut taxes for large, medium and small industries in the state, pay workers salaries before 24th of every month, least most indebted state, still doing massive projects across the state, IGR doesn't measure wealth. Anambra is indigenous economic state

See your reasoning like Lai Muhammed's

Regardless of FFK essay, Any attack that cause mass killings around 911 should be regarded as terrorist attack by any reasonable and unbiased human being. Remember the incident occurred 912, a day after 911 so we should see no reason not to tag it terrorist attack going by how symbolic that date to the Islamist

September 11 is the day America got attacked and SCOAN church got attacked on September 12. After reading this FFK essay I begin to smell something

Editor's note: On September 12, 2014, the Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN) six- story guesthouse collapsed killing 116 people. T.B Joshua was arraigned alongside all the Trustees of SCOAN and two engineers who constructed the building that later collapsed. Femi Fani-Kayode in this piece says TB Joshua and his church members are undoubtedly primary targets and victims of injustice and wickedness. A few weeks ago I tweeted that I would write an essay about the bombing of a building at Prophet Temitope Balogun Joshua’s Synagogue Church Of All Nations (SCOAN). Though I have been writing essays and contributing to the public discourse for over 27 years, I have never received the number of threats from known and unknown sources as I did after that tweet.
Yet I am not deterred. As a matter of fact such threats always strengthen my resolve to stand firm, do the right thing and dig even deeper. I am a servant of truth and the voice of the voiceless: I cannot be intimidated and I will not be silenced.
Part of my calling is to speak truth to power, to stand up for the oppressed and to speak up for the victims of barbarity, persecution, wickedness and injustice and I will not shy away from doing so on this occasion. Prophet TB Joshua started his ministry 30 years ago in 1987 when he founded his Church. He is a strong and credible voice in the Body of Christ in Nigeria. He is a respected and much-loved Christian leader who is doing great works and wonders for the Kingdom of God both in and outside of our country. He is revered in many nations in the world, including numerous countries in South America, South East Asia, Africa, Europe, the far East, Israel, Lebanon, India and the United States of America where he is a regular visitor that is welcomed and received with much love and enthusiasm. Such is his following that it is on record that out of every 10 foreigners that visit Nigeria every year, 6 of them have come to spend time in T.B. Joshua’s Church and receive ministration from him. Yet despite all these laudable achievements it is clear that he has many enemies. I am not a member of his Church, I have never worshipped there and neither do I have any reason to defend him or to speak up for him other than the fact that, in my humble opinion, in this particular case and matter, he and his Church members are undoubtedly the primary targets and victims of injustice, wickedness and what can only be described as nothing less than pre- meditated and cold-blooded mass murder. They are also the subjects of one of the greatest cover-ups in Nigerian history and of a massive and well-orchestrated disinformation campaign. It says a lot for him, his resilience, his ministry, his calling, his members and the enormous amount of strength and grace that he enjoys from the Living God that, despite the sheer hell that he has been put through as a consequence of these ugly events and tragic affair, he has refused to be broken or silenced. Rather than capitulate he has risen to the occasion, gone from strength to strength, stoically accepted the numerous challenges that he has been faced with and stood firm in the preaching of the gospel and in the battle against the Kingdom of darkness. He has also refused to be cowed and instead has stood-by, comforted and assisted the families of those who lost their loved ones in this brutal attack as best as he could. The truth is that whether his detractors wish to admit it or not, T.B. Joshua has weathered the storm well and he remains one of the most respected and celebrated Pastors and men of God in Nigeria today and certainly one of the most internationally-acknowledged and acclaimed of them all. The truth is that there is nothing that is ordinary about this man. It appears that the more his haters (and there are many of them in Nigeria) throw bricks at him and seek his downfall, the more he grows, prospers and increases. Only God can do this for any human being. Like those that are healed of numerous ailments by the Holy Spirit in his Church, his strength and survival and his uncanny readiness and ability to continue to spread love and charity to the poor, the weak, the challenged, the despised and the helpless all over the world, regardless of his own personal challenges, is not only exemplary but also borders on the miraculous.
The truth is that if the events that I am about to describe had happened to ANY other person or man of God in this country I am not sure that they would have been able to survive it. To all intents and purposes Joshua is a mystery. He is a modern-day enigma. He is a profoundly good man whose humility is second to none, who is deeply courageous and who is filled with the light and power of the Spirit of God. Yet his towering status, his selfless ministry and his good works is hardly the point here. If what he was subjected to three years ago had happened to anyone else and if the details were brought to my attention I would have written about it and exposed it in exactly the same way that I am about to do now.
Today I present the first and second parts of this essay. I have almost finished part three, which is the most telling of them all and, once done, I will release it after those whose names that I have mentioned have been duly consulted and informed. Here I have written what I believe is the truth. I have risked my life and the life of my sources by doing so but I have no regrets. It is for us to do as we are led by the Holy Spirit and it is for God to protect us. I leave all to Him and I give Him the glory. Here we go. One of the single greatest atrocities perpetuated by rogue elements in our intelligence agencies in modern history was the blowing up of a guest house in Prophet TB Joshua’s church which resulted in the death of approximately 116 people, most of whom were foreigners. This took place on September 12th 2014. The perpetrators of this utterly barbaric act were the same people that covertly and cleverly spun the tale that the building collapsed as a result of a weak foundation and fed that pernicious lie to a gullible and easily manipulated Nigerian media. As trusting as ever, the Nigerian people bought this hideous mendacity lock, stock and barrel whilst many prominent clerics and Church leaders who were envious of Joshua’s rising profile, power and popularity revelled in the lie and helped to preach, spread, perpetuate and consolidate it. They argued that the building was built without the relevant permits and conveniently overlooked the fact that, according to my sources at Alausa, Lagos state, between 60 and 70 percent of buildings in the environs and suburbs of Lagos state either never had a building permit in the first place, procured one only after the relevant building was constructed or have fake ones which were procured through bribes. That being the case it seems strange that far many more buildings have not collapsed in Lagos if the assumption is that they ALL have weak foundations. The “weak foundation as a consequence of no building permit theory” appears to me to be implausible. In my view it lacks credibility and it is in fact a false and fake narrative. This was not the cause of the tragedy and the real cause was far more sinister and macabre than that. The motive for the attack was to silence and discredit Joshua who, by that time, had become a thorn in the flesh of many within the corridors of power simply because he was exposing the deepest secrets about what was going on in the country and those who were covertly working against former President Goodluck Jonathan. He went as far as to prophesy and predict everything that would happen in the 2015 election which was scheduled to hold two years later, with great accuracy, if President Goodluck Jonathan did not remove certain people (whose names were mentioned) within his government and inner circle. The counsel was put on record and when I was doing my research for this write up I actually read the transcripts of this interesting discourse and I was utterly amazed at the accuracy of his predictions. The attack involved the use of certain members of our intelligence agencies who used a large remote-controlled drone to fly over the building and who then activated an explosive device which had been planted in the building days earlier with the drone. There is a video on Youtube of the drone hovering at very close range over the building three times just before it collapsed. I urge readers to look for it and view it. After the third time the entire building collapsed like a pack of cards. This was AFTER a loud explosion, which was clearly heard by many of the survivors within and outside of the building, shattered the tranquility, peace and silence of the structure and blew out its foundations. Sadly many people were killed and even more were badly injured. This was Nigeria’s own 911 but unlike the real 911 the victims were never properly celebrated or mourned and the perpetrators were never identified or brought to justice. The whole thing appears to have been covered up and those in high places in the intelligence agencies at the time, having discovered that this was yet another rogue operation by a group of fifth columnists within the security apparatus who were keen on silencing the Presidents friends and who wanted to use the operation to embarrass and terrify their perceived enemies and adversaries, decided to brush the whole thing under the carpet and keep it quiet. The trauma that the families that lost their loved ones suffered, most of whom were South Americans, Europeans, white South Africans and other foreigners was harrowing and unimaginable and the outrage that was expressed by the Nigerian public as a consequence of it was, rightly, unprecedented. Even greater and more pronounced was the pain, anguish and deep sense of loss of Prophet TB Joshua himself and members of his SCOAN Church who were utterly devastated by this horrendous and tragic event, this inexplicable slaughter and this frightful and unexpected loss of the lives of their friends, colleagues, loved ones and Church members. Such was the outrage from members of the public in Lagos as a result of the matter that the Federal and State Governments felt that they had to act fast in order to manage the fall-out from the whole ugly episode. And this is where things went badly wrong. In a typical Nigerian manner, instead of digging deep and patiently trying to establish the relevant facts and setting in motion a forensic-based and professional investigation, the security agencies looked for a scapegoat, turned on the man of God, made him the subject of a criminal investigation and claimed that the building collapsed because it had weak foundations and because it had not been properly built.
They ignored all the evidence that suggested that there was far more to the matter than that and instead sold this unlikely and utterly absurd narrative and dummy to the Nigerian people and the international community. They then proceeded to initiate criminal proceedings against Joshua and some of his Church members and sought to discredit, disgrace, shame and utterly destroy him. With this they had managed to divert attention away from the real cause of the collapse of the building, they had found an easy and convenient scapegoat and consequently the real perpetrators managed to escape any form of suspicion or scrutiny. (TO BE CONCLUDED).

EzeUche:
Yoruba propaganda is posing problems.

All the noise or your so called propaganda is not just from Yorubas but from non igbo that hate your bad approach towards everything.

OZAOEKPE:
Why are you people scared of a referendum, the only people drawing us back are the Yoruba's. Its really painful and annoying

Yoruba drawing you back? The tribe you label Coward must be very powerful to stop you guys from realising your biafra

If that will make you guys happy no problem

Even here in Nairaland we yoruba want Biafra to have their country. How can opposition to Biafra by allegedly coward Yoruba stops biafra from materialise ? Ekweremadu and some representatives from the SE can do the job and it won't be opposed like SE development bill

Igbos will not like this revelation and those that were not born before Biafra will still try to defend the atrocities of Igbo during Biafra war in oder to secure their future with minority oil

Who told the old man that the SW is in support of the selfish bill? When Lagos special status bill was opposed by the Sen. Hope and others from your side they did not hid it and our representatives are ready to do the same openly. This man thinks by demanding to know the people in support of the bill the SW will cowardly back out. That is childish politics from a old politician!

Dino should go ahead tomorrow and sponsor another protest against this. Just #1000 per protester for hungry youth and they will die for those thieves called politicians

No difference between Miyeti alhah and boko haram. it is high time all good people stood against blood tasty miyeti alhah

See how SE envy SW and they want our votes for SE development commission

This is going to be the end of the road for the known killers and boko haram sponsors

The Benue state governor, Samuel Ortom
has ordered the arrest of Fulani herdsmen
chieftains under the umbrella of Miyetti
Allah
- The Fulani herdsmen had allegedly
threatened the government to resist the
newly passed Grazing law
- Governor Ortom also urged the Presidency
to call them to order before they plunge
Nigerian into chaos
The Benue state governor, Samuel Ortom has
ordered the security agencies to arrest Fulani
herdsmen chieftains for allegedly making
inciting statements capable of breaching
public peace and order.
NAIJ.com reports that this was made known
in a statement signed by the state
Commissioner of Information and
Orientation, Lawrence Onoja jnr, said while
reacting to a media publication by the
Miyetti Allah, Kautal, a Fulani socio-cultural
association to reject the Open Grazing
Prohibition and Establishment of Ranches
Law signed by Governor Ortom.
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state treasury as governor - Effiong
Mr. Onoja said that the National Secretary of
the Association Engr. Saleh Alhassan, sought
to justify the reprehensible, irresponsible and
criminal destruction of lives and properties
in Benue state on the grounds that the Fulani
herdsmen are the original inhabitants of the
Benue Valley.
Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue state
He said: “The Government calls on the
Security Agencies to arrest these leaders of the
Association for prosecution for openly making
inciting statements capable of breaching public
peace and order. Benue state and its people are
under threat. We request the Federal
Government to call Miyetti Allah and its
leaders to order before they plunge the country
into a conflagration which will be difficult to
contain.
Meanwhile, NAIJ.com had previously
reported that Governor Samuel Ortom on
Monday, May 22, assented the bill prohibiting
open rearing of animals and grazing into law
in the state.
“We call on all Nigerians to stand up and
condemn the threat of Miyetti Allah. Our
legitimate contribution to the resolution of
herdsmen and farmers crises should be
appreciated because the clashes between
farmers and herdsmen remain one of the most
protracted problems across our country. To be
sure, the threat by Miyetti Allah is not only for
Benue but for all states that have or will have
farmers and herdsmen crisis.
“The Miyetti Allah however, exposed their open
disregard for constituted authority by vowing
to mobilize herdsmen in the country to resist
the law. These comments in our estimation are
treasonable as they amount to threats to
disobey the law and is therefore a recipe for
anarchy and threats to the peaceful existence
of not just Benue state but Nigeria in general.
“Why would an association which considers
itself as partners in progress describe peaceful
attempts at conflict resolution as decimation?
From its own account, it appears as if the
Miyetti Allah Socio-cultural Group is always
hostile to peaceful efforts at resolving these
unfortunate clashes with farming communities
over grazing land.

“The Government of Benue state restates its
commitment to finding peaceful and legal
means of resolving all conflicts within its
domain and commends the Benue State House
of Assembly for courageously standing on the
side of law and order and for being true
Representatives of our people in the speedy
manner it passed the Bill into Law.”
https://www.naij.com/1107937-tension-benue-governor-ortom-orders-arrest-fulani-herdsmen-chieftains.html

During 6years of GEJ ruling it was SW that was openly marginalized while SE got whatever they needed, SE is not marginalize in anyway that warrant special development commission more than any other region. If you guys want your Biafra this is the appropriate time to go and you have our votes like yesterday.

If that is the case every region deserves a Development Commission.

This agitation is turning to religion comedy. So this 's the product Kanu packaged for his people and called it IPOB.Lol

YorubaForum:
Fela!! That died of Hiv aids..shame.. When they federal govt were holding him hostage did any of you cowards talk or protest? ..even they killed his mom, you pple were still looking like mumu.

I mentioned more the six brave Yorubas and you said one of them, fela died of HIV therefore, you agree that the rest are not comparable with your coward leaders. Remember Azikiwe worked against your Biafra in the 70s and Ojukwu ran away in ladies dress and today these foolishh or coward leaders were 'heroes' from your deluded minds. You guys can come sign FFK and Fayose on free trasfer....

We can name brave Yoruba men like Wole Soyinka, Tai Solarin, Tnubu, Fela, FFK, Fayose etc Can Ibo name anybody dead or alive in their land that can match the bravery of these people? It cannot be Kanu for now until we see more of him

enemybulldozer:
Where is your brain?? so you expect ike ekweremmadu to support biafra openly just like that?? chai common sense is not just common.

But it is unfortunate for you ipobs that unless people like Ekweremmadu begin to support this so call Biafra, you are just making a fool of yourselves

One of the reasons Afonja worked against GEJ. Imagine 5 of the 6 SW states were excluded from the benefit, only 1 excluded from the SE and 2 were excluded from the SS. No wonder PMB came into office with this bitterness and begin to corner almost everything for the northerners. All these nonsense cannot be said of OBJ ...

some ibo will kill themselves upon Lagos matter. The reason some ibo don't want biafra is because of Lagos. op and 'it' likes should give us more stories about how Lagos is no man's land

Fatchi:
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Policymaker88:
Have you got the form now?

good job

These people and fraud are inseparable. That is how they write SSCE imagine the man, Hod complaining that people from the state should be the one to supervise the UTME in the state.

Twinkle004:
Check your mail. It is there

thank u