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As 2021 draws the curtain to usher in 2022, it is
important to look at some of the events that
impacted the economy.

While many Nigerians believe that nothing can
surprise them, the federal government took some
steps that impacted the economy positively and
negatively in the year.

Some applauded the decisions while others
knocked and expressed anger.

TheCable looks at some of the issues that impacted the economy in 2021.


TWITTER BAN
As Nigerians settled into the evening of June 4,
2021, the federal government announced the
indefinite suspension of Twitter. The suspension
came after the microblogging site deleted tweets
from President Muhammadu Buhari’s account.
The president had tweeted that the country will treat
the Indigenous People of Biafra ( IPOB) in the
“language they understand”.

Defending the decision, Lai Mohammed, the
information minister, condemned the deletion of the president’s post and accused Twitter of “double
standard”.

Many described the decision of the Buhari
government as an effort to shrink civil space.

Apart from the civil space, the Nigerian economy
has lost over N500 billion due to the shutdown,
according to estimates by NetBlocks Cost of
Shutdown Tool, a data-driven online service.

Per NetBlocks estimates, the country’s economy
loses N104.02 million ($250,600) every hour to the
ban on Twitter.

CRYPTO BAN
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) directed banks
to close accounts of persons or entities involved in
cryptocurrency transactions within their systems.

The directive came as a shock to Nigerians.

The CBN said crypto investments have high risk
and are used for money laundering, terrorism
financing, illicit fund flows and criminal activities.

“Further to earlier regulatory directives on the
subject, the bank hereby wishes to remind regulated institutions that dealing in cryptocurrencies or facilitating payments for cryptocurrency exchanges is prohibited, ” a circular signed by Bello Hassan, director for banking supervision and Musa Jimoh, director of the payment system management department, read.

“Accordingly, all DMBs, NBFIs and OFIs are directed to identify persons and/or entities transacting in or operating cryptocurrency exchanges within their systems and ensure that such accounts are closed immediately.”

Nigerians on social media also expressed grievances.


BAN ON FX SALE TO BDCs, INVESTIGATION OF
ONIWINDE ADEDOTUN Of ABOKIFX
In September, Godwin Emefiele, governor of the
Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), said the apex bank
is investigating Oniwinde Adedotun , the founder of
abokiFX over alleged forex data manipulations.

abokiFx founder distanced himself from the
allegations, saying the platform is solely for parallel
rate information and not trading. He later shut down the parallel market trading segment on the website.

In the spirit of what the government refers to as
stabilising the economy and bringing sanity to the
process, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) within
the year stopped the sales of foreign exchange (FX)
to Bureau De Change (BDCs) operators in the
country.

On Bureaux de Change operators, Emefiele said the
apex bank received about 5,000 applications every
month for BDC registration, adding that the
operators are making efforts to dollarise the
Nigerian economy.

The CBN governor said BDC operators had become
a conduit for illegal financial flows working with
corrupt people to conduct money laundering in
Nigeria. The bank stated that several international
organisations, embassies patronise BDC through
illegal forex dealers to fund their institutions.

The bank also promised to “deal ruthlessly” with
Nigerian banks that deal with illegal BDCs, and we
will report foreign organisations patronising them.
Since then, the Nigerian naira is still trading
between N560 and N570 to a dollar at the parallel
market.


PETROLEUM INDUSTRY BILL SIGNED INTO LAW
In August, President Muhammadu Buhari signed the
petroleum industry bill into law.

The passage of the PIB, which proved to be a
nightmare for successive administrations, was
conceived during the tenure of former President
Olusegun Obasanjo.

In 2018, after the national assembly passed a
harmonised version of the bill — the petroleum
industry governance bill (PIGB), President
Muhammadu Buhari refused assent over “legal and
constitutional reasons”.

The Petroleum Industry Act provides a legal,
governance, regulatory and fiscal framework for the
Nigerian petroleum industry, the development of
host communities, and related matters.

The PIA is expected to facilitate Nigeria’s economic
development by attracting and creating investment
opportunities for local and international investors.


BAN ON SALES OF SIM CARDS, NIN-SIM LINKAGE
In December 2020, Isa Pantami, minister of
communications and digital economy, directed the
Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) to
audit the subscriber registration database.

The directive instructed mobile network operators to suspend the sale, registration and activation of
new SIM Cards until the completion of the audit exercise.

The policy denied new entrants into the country
access to purchase mobile lines while existing
users who want to retrieve their lost lines were not
allowed access. This resulted in a massive decline
in telecoms’ mobile subscriptions and impacted
earnings — and in turn, affected the Nigerian
economy.

The policy also affected the performance of the
information and communication
(Telecommunications) sector of the economy.

https://www.thecable.ng/ban-on-sales-of-sim-cards-twitter-decisions-that-impacted-nigerian-economy-in-2021/amp

How many people have seen God sef ?

A man has shared the response he received from a
woman he confessed his feelings to.

He wrote a heartfelt message, letting her know he
is physically attracted to her and she's his "spec".

When she didn't respond to his confession, he
asked if she had no comment and she responded:
"I'm sorry Samuel, I am frying turkey."

The man shared the screenshot with the caption:
"Persin way I confess to dey use my feelings fry
turkey, life is tough."

https://www.lindaikejisblog.com/2021/12/heartbroken-man-shares-response-he-received-from-a-woman-he-confessed-his-feelings-to.html

pfff

An American Twitter user has narrated how her
boyfriend stood by her after she got pregnant twice
for two different men while they were dating.

@yannasoraw disclosed that her boyfriend loved he throughout her relationship with two other men,
never said a word, never judged her and also stood
by her through it all.

Maintaining that her boyfriend showed her what love is, she also disclosed that she will accept her ma wholeheartedly however he comes at any stage of life.

The Twitter user also said that she will take her
man back even if he sleeps with another woman in
front of her. According to her, one has to grow up
when a man shows he's going to be there through
the rain. She added;

https://www.lindaikejisblog.com/2021/12/lady-narrates-how-her-boyfriend-stood-by-her-after-she-got-pregnant-twice-for-two-different-men-while-they-were-dating.html

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo says the
crude oil in the Niger Delta region belongs to
Nigeria.

He said the country will not make progress if
citizens sacrifice state for tribe.

In a letter on Tuesday and addressed to Edwin
Clark , Ijaw leader, Obasanjo said tribal allegiance
must be suppressed for a state to emerge.

The former president was responding to comments
credited to the Ijaw leader. Clark had reportedly
said Obasanjo’s “hatred against the Niger Delta
people is disappointing”.

The Ijaw leader’s comments came after Obasanjo
allegedly attacked Ebipamowei Wodu, national
secretary of Ijaw National Congress (INC), over
resource control at a recent peace meeting.

Clark said section 140 of the 1963 constitution
provided that a natural resource found in a region is
to be controlled by the people of the area.

But the former president said the provision did not
imply that resources found in any region belongs to
the people there.

“My dear chief, where in this constitutional
provision is it said or implied that minerals located
in any part of Nigeria belongs to that location? For
emphasis and to further buttress the point, the
provision is even in the exclusive list – exclusively
reserved to the federal government,” he said.

“Let me proceed with the most basic constitutional
fact that you cannot have two sovereign entities
within a State which is what your position of Niger
Delta ownership claim of the crude oil found in that
location amounts to. All those who purchase crude
oil from Nigeria enter into contractual relationships
with Nigeria not with the Niger Delta.

“I have always stood for equity and justice in our
federation and, for me, tribe has to be suppressed
for the state to emerge. And until the stat emerges, Nigeria will not make the desir progress as tribesmen will always sacrifice state fo tribe.

This has always been my position and it will
remain my position until I breathe my last.

“There are many important points that you easily or
conveniently left out in your letter.

“Let me now separate the Global Peace Foundation
meeting of December 13, 2021 at the instance of
Bishop Onuoha and where I participated from the
second meeting of CGN which followed on
December 14, 2021. We believe that the conclusion
and the report of the meeting of December 14,
2021 hold the best position for realistic and
pragmatic action for taking the country forward as
possible actionable amendment to the constitution
before 2023 elections.

“Some of the languages you have deployed to
describe me in your letter are offensive, uncouth
and I totally and completely rejected them. I am not
inconsistent, hypocritical, unstatesman and nor am anybody’s lackey. You use your own yardstick to
judge others.

“I fear God and I respect those who respect
themselves and I hope it is about time you change
from a tribesman to a statesman of character. That
is what Nigeria and indeed the region you profess
to love demand of you at this stage.”

https://www.thecable.ng/obasanjo-nigeria-wont-make-progress-if-citizens-sacrifice-state-for-tribe/amp

Rest in peace to her.

let him manage it.

All media houses are breaking the news

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The DPO Uruan Divisional Police Headquarters, SP
Felix Umache Ekpoudom, feted suspects in custody
to celebrate Christmas.

Ekpoudom gave the suspects food and drinks and
sat with them while they ate.

The DPO said his action isn't to encourage crime
but to celebrate the birth of Christ with suspects
while they wait for their cases to be processed.

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https://www.lindaikejisblog.com/2021/12/dpo-celebrates-christmas-with-detained-suspects-in-akwa-ibom-2.html

P rivate Hannah Sofiat Akinlabi, a female soldier
detained after video clips of her being proposed to
by a male corps member at the National Youth
Service Corps orientation camp in Yikpata, Kwara
State, went viral on social media has been released
by the Nigerian Army.
SaharaReporters gathered that Sofiat was released
on Saturday.
Spokesperson for the Nigerian Army, Brigadier
General Onyema Nwachukwu, confirmed the
development to PRNigeria.
He said, “I can confirm to you that an order has
been made for the soldier to be freed and enjoy the
Christmas with her family and friends with a serious
warning for her not to repeat such act again.”
SaharaReporters had reported that the female
soldier was ordered to be detain by Captain MM
Abdulahi, Kwara State NYSC Camp Commandant, at
a military detention facility in Ilorin, the state
capital, pending further investigations.

A military source had said she was detained for not
being “due for marriage, romancing on uniform
publicly, absent on parade, indiscriminate behaviour, doing other things aside from her purpose in NYSC camp, disobedience to standing order of social media rule and disobedience to ethics and tradition of the Nigerian Army”.

Akinlabi's arrest and detention was widely
condemned by civil society groups and Nigerians in general, who described it as gender discrimination by the Nigerian Army.


http://saharareporters.com/2021/12/25/breaking-army-releases-female-soldier-who-accepted-marriage-proposal-youth-corps-member

Odion Ighalo, the popular Nigerian footballer, on
Saturday gifted iPhones and other gadgets to his
three children: Daniel, Bernice, and Samuel.

The Super Eagles striker took to his Instagram story
to share videos of his children unwrapping their
Christmas gifts which were under the tree.

His only girl, Bernice, was super excited and
surprised by the iPhone gift that she teased her
father that it was a fake one.

She also received headphones amongst other gifts.
Her brothers also received iPhones, laptops, and
other items.

See photos below :

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https://www.tori.ng/news/189737/nigerian-footballer-ighalo-gifts-his-children-ipho.html

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Actress Rita Edochie has said that Nigeria can neve be free and well again until leader of Indigenous
People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu is free.

The actress who claimed it's a "spiritual thing",
further stated that it's a sad Christmas for her.

She also said that Nigerian will keep being in
confusion until the separatist leader is freed, addin that those saying that Kanu will only freed when
they are dead, should be ready to die.

Edochie wrote;

TODAY IS CHRISTMAS BUT IT'S A SAD
CHRISTMAS FOR ME THOUGH I THANK GOD
ALMIGHTY FOR LIFE BECAUSE MANY COULD
NOT SEE TODAY'S CHRISTMAS.

TODAY IS CHRISTMAS AND MAZI NNAMDI
OKWU KANU IS STILL NOT FREE RIGHT ?
NIGERIA CAN NEVER BE FREE AND WELL
AGAIN.

IT IS A SPIRITUAL THING.

NIGERIA WILL KEEP BEING IN CONFUSION
UNTIL MAZI NNAMDI OKWU KANU IS FREE.

I CAN SEE YOU STILL SAY OVER YOUR DEAD
BODY WILL HE BE FREE AGAIN THEN GET
READY TO DIE BECAUSE HE MUST BE FREE
AGAIN.

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https://www.lindaikejisblog.com/2021/12/nigeria-can-never-be-free-and-well-again-until-nnamdi-kanu-is-free-rita-edochie-2.html

that lady is not happy.

The Federal Government has declared free train
rides for citizens from Dec.24 to Jan 4, 2022.

Mr Fidet Okhiria, Managing Director, Nigeria Railway Corporation (NRC) disclosed this in an interview on Friday in Abuja.

”The decision which was made in collaboration with the Ministry of Transportation, is to ease movement of citizens during the yuletide.

”This is to help ease the cost of transportation and
enable citizens move easily enjoy the festive period.

”Passengers are however advised to ensure they
obtain their tickets from appropriate quarters at no
cost, to enable them gain access and enter the
trains.

” All passengers are also enjoined to observe and
obey COVID-19 rules by wearing of face mask,
washing and sanitising of hands. “

He also reiterated the federal government’s
commitment to ensure the safety of passengers and trains during the period. (NAN)

https://www.vanguardngr.com/2021/12/yuletide-fg-declares-free-train-rides-from-dec-24-to-jan-4/

ok

hnmm

The suspects
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Two suspected ritualists/yahoo boys have been
arrested in Imo state.

The duo identified as Ebuka and Chinonso
confessed that they use the private parts of ladies
to make money making charms after sleeping with
them.

In their words: “The native doctor who prepared the
charm told us to use a handkerchief or a piece of
towel to collect semen from the private part of every lady we made love to. He instructed us to put the handkerchief with the semen or towel in the pot and burn it after each time we collect it. He told us that the number of females we sleep with and collect their semen will determine the value of our money we will get.”

When they were asked to disclose the name and
location of the native doctor, they said: ‘ ’We were
seriously warned not to disclose it with anybody, that if we do that, we will die’’.

The two suspected criminals were interrogated by
residents before being handed over to the police.
Watch the video below:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqUPaJLg1gU

https://www.tori.ng/news/189533/we-use-female-private-parts-to-prepare-charms-for.html

A Nigerian man has dragged his mum to court over his late father's property.

Twitter user @OnyedikaAnambra who shared the story online said the young man is claimin ownership of the building his father left behind before he passed.

''I Just heard that a childhood friend has dragged his mum to court over his late father’s property.

The Efulefu claiming Right of ownership when the mother is still alive .

Make we no born nonsense for this life.''

The Twitter user also disclosed that the widow had in the past given her son N5 million to set up a business but he blew it all. See his tweets

below...

https://www.lindaikejisblog.com/2021/12/man-drags-his-mum-to-court-over-his-late-fathers-property.html

lalasticlala

Twitter user is asking how people would handle this after a lady opened up to her man that sh is into girls but still doesn't want to lose him.

What should the man do?

https://www.lindaikejisblog.com/2021/12/twitter-user-seeks-advice-after-lady-opened-up-to-her-man-that-she-is-a-lesbian-but-doesnt-want-to-lose-him.html

will u make your story clearer?

What's wrong with falling in love with a female soldier? U guys above saying nonsense are so pathetic.

she learnt it from someone close to her, probably her mom or elder sisters or aunty.

So cute :*

Yusuf will be turbaned as Talban Daura on Saturday December 18, making him the District Head of Kwasarawa.


Alhaji Umar Farouk, the Emir of Daura, has offered an explanation on why Yusuf, son of President Muhammadu Buhari was given a title recently.

Yusuf will be turbaned as Talban Daura on Saturday December 18, making him the District Head of Kwasarawa.

The Emir who spoke at the turbaning ceremony of four new village heads on Thursday December 16, said Yusuf was
given the title so he won't be strolling around Abuja and Yola, his mother’s hometown.

He said; “We are giving him this title to reciprocate the all the good things his father, President Muhammadu Buhari, has done to Daura.

“Even if you don’t like Buhari, you know that Daura of today is different from what it were six years ago. So, to reciprocate this gesture, we gave him the title of Talban Daura, which he gave to his only son, Yusuf.

This will prevent him from strolling around Yola (his mother’s hometown) and Abuja.

“From University of Transport Technology to Federal Polytechnic, to good roads networks and many other development projects, Daura is today better than some states in the country, development-wise.

“We have many sons in Daura who excelled have excelled, but do not want to be associated with it, so Buhari stand out among them."

https://www.lindaikejisblog.com/2021/12/we-gave-yusuf-buhari-a-title-so-he-wont-be-strolling-around-abuja-and-yola-emir-of-daura.html

Nollywood actress, Tonto Dikeh has advised her fans not to be intimidated by what they see online because people go the extramile to show that they are doing well but in reality, they have nothing.

In a post she shared on her page, Tonto averred that people live fake lives for the gram.

She said as an ''insider'', she knows that some people pay as much as N300, 000 to borrow N5 million from bureau de change operators just for them to pose with on Instagram.

She also mentioned that some people pose with their friends cars and houses just for the gram.

She mentioned that living a fake life is more expensive than living a normal life.

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Africa's richest man, Aliko Dangote is pictured with friends in throwback photos posted online on Thursday.

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https://www.lindaikejisblog.com/2021/12/throwback-photos-of-aliko-dangote-with-friends.html

Are you still 'cooking' up the remaining story ?

Kenyans never disappoint.

Ned Nwoko, a former member of the House of Representatives, has been accused of defrauding some African monarchs and leaders through fictitious giant projects he
lured them to invest in, according to a report by SaharaReporters.

Nwoko, who represented Aniocha North-South and Oshimili North-South, Delta Statein the House of Representatives between 1999 and 2003 is also involved in a Paris Club deal as he seeks to collect some money from the Nigerian Governors’ Forum.

A source told SaharaReporters that Nwoko is not only subjecting his people in Delta State to destitution by forcibly taking their
land, he also uses his political influence to detain those who object to his schemes.

SaharaReporters had published in May how Nwoko ordered Delta State Police Command to arrest Okey Ifejoku, the elected President-General of Idumeje-Ugboko Development Union, in 2017.

The former lawmaker had accused Ifejoku of sponsoring the indigenes of Aniocha North Local Government Area to protest
against him and kick against his bid to forcibly acquire additional 90 hectares of land from an area earmarked for all indigenes of the community.

Also, the President of Idumuje-Ugboko in the Aniocha North Local Government Area of the state, Raymond Omesiete has spent
months in prison for allegedly resisting Nwoko’s attempt to forcibly acquire additional 90 hectares of land from an area
earmarked for all indigenes of the
community.

SaharaReporters gathered that Raymond was arrested by the police acting on Nwoko’s directive on November 23, 2020,
and was detained at the State Command in Asaba, the capital.
Meanwhile, Ned has again been accused of systematically dispossessing his kinsmen of
their farmlands.

He was also accused of using his contacts to demonise the King of Idumuje-Ugboko, Obi Chukwunonso Nwoko and stall the issuance of staff of office to him five years after he ascended the throne.

The source said, “Instead, he has financed and propped up a puppet Obi, Prince Solomon Eziokwubundu Nwabuokei, as a
parallel Obi who will do his bidding and give him free rein of the land he covets at Idumuje-Ugboko. Ned's support for
Solomon is nothing but the sinister machinations of a man who in connivance with the king, is only assuaging his greedy
thirst for community land with no stress and then contacting foreign investors who would use the land and pay directly to Ned.

“Our investigation has revealed that this act of criminal subterfuge, if successful, would
guarantee the comfort of his future generations.”

Speaking on the alleged atrocities
committed by Nwoko outside his
hometown, the source said, “He claims he wants to eradicate malaria from Africa and is junketing round the world, visiting kings and presidents to sell his malaria eradication vision.

“Many presidents have unknowingly fallen for this and gone into collaboration with
him. He is on the prowl and must be stopped before he sells Nigeria one day.

“How can one man tell us that he wants to embark on the aerial fumigation of Africa using helicopters? Not done, Prince Ned has begun a campaign that he wants to fund the production of a malaria vaccine. Ned is not a scientist and has no knowledge of
vaccines. His only interest is to rip off nations and the World Health Organization (WHO).

“Finally, anyone still in doubt, please take a trip to Idumuje-Ugboko community. The town is now a shadow of its former self,”
the source added.

About his entanglement with the Nigerian Governors' Forum (NGF), the source said, “The Nigerian Governors' Forum (NGF) has
seen through the thick smokescreen of this individual and is determined to prevent Ned
Nwoko from further benefiting from the Paris Club refunds to the value of $418 million. The NGF knows that if Prince Ned
gets hold of this money he would go on the rampage again and annex all the available
lands in Idumuje-Ugboko for more fictitious and even more fictional projects.

“What empowerment activities can he proudly show to the world that he has done for his people? The promise of a Sports University and Golf Course remains a mirage. Grass has overtaken the university
site, a situation that tells us the University cannot be realised in our lifetime. Based on the above, it's safe to say that Ned Nwoko
has no love for his maternal community; his only interest and greedy desire are to take
over all the land of the community to ensure the comfort and prosperity of his future generations."

Calls put across by SaharaReporters to Nwoko were not answered. A text message
also sent to his line was not replied to, even at the time of filing this report.


http://saharareporters.com/2021/12/15/ex-house-representatives-member-ned-nwoko-accused-scamming-african-leaders-white-elephant

who gave anybody the right to even beat her. Some of them are worse than her sef.